Oliwia Lazinska History 101, Fall 2014 Book Review The Life of a Soldier The novel All Quiet on The Western Front written by Erich Maria Remarque describes the experience of World War I through the eyes of a young solder Paul Baumer. Baumer’s experience with the brutal murders and the bloody battles are so horrible that he learns to disconnect his mind from his emotion to allow him to deal with the horror of war accordingly. Remarque’s analysis of World War I through Baumer’s experience add to
and disillusioned men. One such man was a German veteran named Erich Maria Remarque. After the war, Erich wrote the novel “All Quiet on the Western Front”. The novel focuses on German soldier Paul Bäumer a German soldier who is convinced to enlist in the German army by his teacher. Mentored by a grizzled old soldier and joined by his classmates he head to the western front. Various nondescript battles follow and he gets to head back home only to realize he can never readjust to civilian life. Tossed
from all walks of life come together to fight in arms. During World War I and many wars before it and after, men of every profession and lifestyle fought alongside one another. If not for war, many soldiers never would have met people of such different classes. Many men never would have had to see each other in their most vulnerable moments and they certainly never would have seen each other in their last moments. 2. Patriotism can lead men to their deaths. In All Quiet on the Western Front, the
Brillman EUH 2030 30 October 2015 All Quiet on the Western Front “All Quiet on the Western Front” is definitely an anti war novel, not only does it display the hardships and bravery of these young men, but it also depicts the true dangers and seriousness of war. This novel explains war from an inside perspective rather than the typical over sight. Remarque depicts a more realistic and raw view of what the soldiers go through rather than glorifying them all as war heroes or honorable men. This
Tatum Zumpano Professor Whitton October 28, 2014 Movie Review All Quiet on the Western Front I thought that All Quiet on the Western Front was an incredible film that showed the realistic side to what war really is like. The scenes portray the absurdity of war from the point of view of young German soldiers fighting on the front. The perspective of the film is completely from the view of the young German soldiers that ended up joining the war by propaganda. At first they believed joining the
Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front narrowly focuses on the calamitous effects of war, rather than the eulogized and honorable components. Remarque takes the idea of glory and replaces it with an idea fear, and the idea that war isn’t all about the heroism. Erich Maria Remarque shows these tragic aspects of war through Paul Baumer and his time in War World I by using vivid imagery. Remarque uses this vivid imagery to show what death, trench warfare, and capturing an enemy is like
All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel which examines the emotional wounds and traumas experienced by troops fighting in the trenches of World War I and the disparity between the nationalistic sentiment with a sense of duty that dominated thinking of the day against the grim realities of combat. The author illustrates these aforementioned points by telling the stories of several troops on the front line depicting both their external realities and way of life along with their methods of handling
In texts such as All Quiet on the Western Front (All Quiet) written by German author Erich Maria Remarque, questions of a historical event and the text itself has been questioned on its authenticity
achieved. The last phase of the battle began on 3 January as the Allied forces initiated their own offensive—slowly returning the “bulge” to the original front line by the end of the month (Blockmans, n.d.). The outcome of the Battle of the Bulge was ultimately a critical German defeat that led to the collapse of German defenses on the Western front, but it was also a very costly win for the Allies. The U.S. First Army suffered roughly 40,000 casualties while the Third Army had over 35,000