carry with them for the rest of their lives. Erich Maria Remarque, a World War I veteran, recreated his own personal war experience on paper, resulting in one of the most critically acclaimed anti-war movement novels of all time, All Quiet on the Western Front. The voice of the novel, Paul Baumer, describes his daily life as a soldier during the First World War. Through the characters he creates in the novel, Remarque addresses his own issues with the war. Specifically, Remarque brings to light the idea
lower-middle-class family. In 1916, he was drafted into the German army to fight in World War I where he was badly wounded. Ten years after the war ended, he published a book which was translated a year later into English with the title All Quiet on the Western Front. This is a novel about the experiences of ordinary German soldiers during World War I. Remarque starts off the novel by stating, "This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure
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
their works reflect this history. Yearly acknowledges that “All Quiet on the Western Front is not Baumer’s description of war as what occurred in various places at specific times but describes war as a condition.” (HOW DO I CITE THIS!), yet this same analysis occurs in Owen’s works, Though from different sides of the conflict, the writings of Wilfred Owen in “Strange Meeting” and Erich Maria Remarque in All Quiet on the Western
making it one of the bloodiest conflicts in history. In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front, author Erich Maria Remarque describes the life of a WWI soldier and the effects it had on the men. Wilfred Owen wrote the poem Dulce et Decorum Est as a soldier during the war. Similarly, this poem focused on describing a scene of tired, weary soldiers experiencing one of their comrades dying. Both All Quiet on the Western Front and Dulce et Decorum Est focus on showing the horrors of war, challenging the
All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, uses intense imagery to show the reader the realities of war. The book sends a jarring anti-war message without directly coming out as being against the war. Throughout the book, the main theme, running through almost every page, is the impact war has on the teenage soldiers. They are the lost generation. Since the book is written from the first person perspective of Paul Bäumer, a 19-year-old soldier, it explicitly captures the effect of war
To Kill a Mocking Bird/ All Quiet on the Western Front Equipped with strong moral compasses and views ahead of their time, Harper Lee and Erich Maria Remarque produced novels that will be treasured for an eternity. ‘To Kill a Mocking Bird’, set in the tired old town of Maycomb County, Alabama during the 1930’s, delves deep into the everyday racial slurs, sexist assumptions, and diversity of family life. ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ is a confronting slice of literary genius. Much like Lee, Remarque’s
All Quiet on the Western Front George Carlin once said, “[h]ow is it possible to have a civil war?” At one time, George provided a source of comedic relief; yet, he also held an important role in society as a social critic. He later spoke on the matter that war could never be a nice and gracious manor. In another way, people must retain a strong demeanor and not display concern about the harmful effects it exerts on everything, well displayed by Eric Maria Remarque. Therefore, in his novel, All
All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, uses intense imagery to show the reader the realities of war, and sends a jarring anti-war message without directing coming out as being against the war. The main theme, running through almost every page of the book, is the impact war has on the youth that are fighting its battles. Because the book is written from the perspective of a young soldier, Paul Bäumer, it explicitly shows the effect of war on the psyche of teenage soldiers. Remarque
Jeffrey Dodd Remarque, Erich. All Quiet on the Western Front. Parsippany: Pearson Education, 1995 A Soldier’s View of War The book titled, All Quiet on the Western Front, written by Erich Maria Remarque in 1928, is a novel narrated by the book’s main character, Paul Baumer. In writing this story, Remarque was able to draw upon personal experiences as a soldier serving in the German army during World War I. The story is set on the German front lines in its war against France in 1918. Baumer gave