Essays on All Quiet on The Western Front

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For those who are not acquainted with the books of German writer Erich Maria Remarque, the title of the novel All Quite on the Western Front does not promise emotional reading. The first thought of it is that this book will tell its reader about ordinary, if not peaceful, but stable life. After the book has been read, there is an absolutely different attitude to it. The language of the novel is very simple and the readers catch themselves thinking that by chance they have an opportunity to read some notes in the diary of a young German soldier ...

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World War I was a war that consisted of long waits, unknowing, and the sound of bombs and gun fire from all direction. The men who survive would never be able to look at the world with the naivety they once had. "We are not youth any longer. We don't want to take the world by storm. We are fleeing from ourselves, from our life. We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it to pieces." . For the men who fought their innocence was forever shattered as they were not ...

For those readers who are not acquainted with the books of German writer Erich Maria Remarque, the title of the novel All Quite on the Western Front will not stir any predictions of emotional and even depressive reading. The first thought of it is that this novel will tell its reader about ordinary and if not peaceful, but stable life. After the book has been read, there is absolutely different attitude to it. The language of the novel is very simple and the book is written as if it is not the book at all. The readers catch themselves ...

The novel "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque explores the psychological and physical conditions of German soldiers fighting in the World War I, instead of focussing on heroism and military accomplishments. That is the primary distinction between the novel and its contemporaries. The novel tracks the life of Paul Baumer, as he joins the army together with his friends (Muller, Kropp and Kemmerick) at the urging of their school teacher Kantorek. While at the base, they meet Kat, an older soldier and a former shoe cobbler with whom they form a deep friendship and he ...

With the world in turmoil and far bloodier, gorier scenes being created in video games than could ever be captured in a book, one would think a war novel, translated to English in 1929, would have lost its impact over the years. The startling, but very real truth, is the impact of the novel has not faded over the decades. It has been nearly a century and the words are still as powerful as the day they were written. Originally written by Erich Maria Remarquee and translated later by A.W. Wheen, anybody who reads it would be stunned by how true the ...

Introduction

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Significance of the Study

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Intimate Partner Abuse

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All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak are two books that have lots in common and some differences. The Book Thief is a story about a young girl called Liesel Meminger, who ends up staying with foster parents because her ailing mother cannot be able to fend for her. It was during the time Hitler was in control, and there was war everywhere, so the setting of the story is during a war time in German. On the other hand, All Quiet on the Western Front is a story about a young man; Paul ...

War is a subject that is frequently expressed in writing and literature. Two famous novels that treat, respectively, World War I and World War II are “All Quiet On The Western Front” and “Slaughter-house Five.” Using a different format, but also touching on the theme of war, is the poet Siegfried Sassoon who is one of the most famous and important poets of World War I. Though “All Quiet On The Western Front” and Sassoon´s poetry both cover aspects of World War I. Sassoon´s poetry is more reminiscent of “Slaughter-house Five,” Kurt Vonnegut´s semiautobiographical account of World War ...

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Erich Maria Remarque fought in World War I where he was badly wounded. A decade after the war he wrote a book detailing how ordinary German soldiers fared during the war and this book of his was translated into All Quiet on the Western Front. At the time he wrote his book, war books had a romantic feel about them in their dealings with honor, glory and adventure and in 1895 Stephen Crane changed that with his book titled The Red Badge of Courage which revealed the brutality and violence that is all too common with wars. Remarque followed a similar mold ...

Foot Soldiers vs., Commanding Officers

As common with every war, there was a divided point of view among various stakeholders of the World War I. One of the most conspicuous divisions of this of point of view was between the foot soldiers of this war and their commanding officers. When the war first broke out, a sense of nationalism swept through Europe and a lot of individuals dutifully volunteered. Many of these volunteers thought the war would be an enthralling adventure that they could not afford to miss. Some even lied about their ages to be allowed to enlist. They were however in for a rude awakening ...

Foot Soldiers vs. Commanding Officers

During the World War II, foot soldiers were infantry troopers who fought on foot. Most of the foot soldiers did not hold any official ranks and were mainly comprised of enlisted civilians from the public. The foot soldiers spent a lot their time in the trenches except in situations where their commanding officers decided they could stage surprise attacks on their enemies. According to Massie, the World War II came at time a general feeling of naturalism, patriotism and loyalty was sweeping through Europe (72). In fact when the countries started declaring wars on each other, there were open celebrations ...

Introduction

This book review is about a novel All Quiet on the Western Front written by Erich Maria Remarque. The review entails about the novel and the critical analysis of his work. In addition, analysis about the nineteen-year-old boy’s perception about what was happening during World War I period. Remarque's objective for this book is to demonstrate the actual element of war instead of some romanticized edition. An imaginary personality known as John Bäumer is the narrator of the tale and he gives the perspective point of a German soldier using trench combat to battle on the front in West ...

Erich Maria Remarque’s classic novel All Quiet on the Western Front effectively eulogizes the sacrifice of Old World values and sensibilities on the killing fields of France and Belgium. Traditional European notions of chivalry, honor and patriotism were obliterated by industrialized, mechanized war and the trivializing of human life. Remarque’s story is, among other things, a scathing indictment of nationalism and the manipulation of human emotion. Fired by nationalist fervor, Paul Baumer, the story’s main protagonist, goes to war expecting glory and victory but is soon disillusioned by the horror of trench warfare and the aimlessness of ...

War and technological innovation have often gone hand-in-hand. Advancements in weaponry are, of course, inevitable under the circumstances of armed conflict, but the necessities of logistical concerns like supply, transport, communication and medicine are likewise sources of invention. World War I, a global conflict the likes of which the world had never seen, yielded an unprecedented number of technical advances, the magnitude of which were commensurate with a conflict large enough to destroy the old world order. This was the first war that brought entire citizen populations under fire. As such, it was inevitable that the world’s governments should turn ...

National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

Introduction The National Crime Victimization Survey is an agency in the United States supported by the Department of Justice to measure the amount and kinds of felonies people & units encounter in six month period after the interview. NCVS handles a workload of approximately 700 cases and respondents are surveyed two times a year for three years. The major purpose of NCVS is to collect detailed information about victims of certain types of crimes. Some of the crimes surveyed include motor vehicle theft, burglary, theft, robbery, identity card thefts, assault rape, pocket pickers and school crimes to children between ...

Abstract

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How historically accurate is All Quiet on the Western Front?

Set in World War One, All Quiet on the Western Front is a harrowing account of the events that took place from the German perspective as it was adapted from the German novel of the same name, written by Erich Maria Remarque. The film follows a group of young men who, following a particularly patriotic speech by their head master, all sign up to fight for Germany in the war. Remarque experienced the war first hand and as such, his rendition of the events are trustworthy and reliable historically correct. Created in 1930, the film was released only a dozen years after the ...