Dulce Et Decorum Est relates to All Quiet on the Western Front in many different ways relating to the war. Both of the stories show how the soldiers are reacting to the attack “Gas! Gas! Quick, boys!” as the soldiers are trying to do everything in their power to survive and fight through it(Owen line 9). Both stories show horrors of war as everybody was “deaf even to the hoots of disappointed shells that dropped behind”(Owen line 7,8). This shows how they did not have enough incoming soldiers to take the place of the soldiers that were there. The existing soldiers were too tired to do anything that they couldn’t keep their eyes open long enough to see what the enemy were doing. AQWF and Dulce Et Decorum Est both show how the soldiers are very
Throughout the story All Quiet On The Western Front several different types of literary devices are used to add meaning. Symbolism takes place in countless parts of the story, “just you think, boys, a real feather-bed with a spring mattress…” as the guys can only think that if they had that bed they would love to stay in the war further more to fight longer(Remarque 78). During the war, numerous soldiers didn’t get nice as well as luxurious items, consequently, as for these soldiers they are sure-enough thankful to have the items they have.
A. Austria-Hungary created World War I in the year of 1914 when they announced war on Serbia. This seemingly small conflict between the two countries soon spread immediately. Germany, Russia, Great Britain, and France all participated in the war, mostly since they were obligated to defend their treaties. B. How have the two authors, Wilfred Owen and Edgar Guest treated the subject of World War I differently throughout their poems?C. The Things That Make A Soldier Great by Guest and Dulce et Decorum Est by Owen differ from the perspectives of the authors. Guest encourages the soldiers to go sacrifice their lives and go to war, unlike Owen, where he explains how war is not necessary and horrifying. However, they both target points of comparison
To soldiers, fighting on the front lines is a life changing event that can forever alter the way they look, think, and feel. By using juxtaposition, Erich Remarque is able to capture how feelings and behaviors can change while trying to become free from the war experience in Chapter Seven of All Quiet on the Western Front. The main character, Paul, faces three events that make him yearn to rid himself of the terrible weight of war on his shoulders. It is clear that you can never truly understand what it is like in a war until you are the one doing the fighting.
All Quiet on the Western Front and Dulce Et Decorum Est are similar in that they show the brutality and bloodiness of war. In All Quiet On The Western Front they had to put gas mask on because the enemy throws gas at the soldiers and if one of them didn’t put the mask on and he would die and the other soldiers couldn’t do anything about the situation. Paul went to help his friends put his gas mask on before he dies, he grabs “his mask and pull(s) it over his head”(Remarque 21). From the poem it says GAS! GAS! Quick boys -- which mean quick put mask before the gas kills you he said in the poem of Dulce Et Decorum Est.
Juxtaposition, a literary device in which two or more people, places, or ideas are placed side by side for the purpose of contrasting them, is frequently used in Erich Maria Remarque’s war novel titled All Quiet on the Western Front to exaggerate the brutal nature of war. Remarque often offsets these grotesque descriptions with portrayals of nature and everyday beauty, and utilizes this juxtaposition of war and nature to portray the true horror of war. When Paul Baumer describes the significance of the latrines and how they provide a distraction for the men from the war, he paints a picture in the reader’s mind of a beautiful carefree meadow filled with flowers and butterflies, but the reader can infer that danger still lurks at a distance
“Dulce Et Decorum Est” and All Quiet On The Western Front in both of these story are explain of horrors of war“Dulce Et Decorum Est” Wilfred Owen is talking about the warfare on the field and talking about the gas, “All Quiet On The Western Front” Paul Baumer also talk about the warfare and the gas. “Dulce Et Decorum Est” Wilfred Owen and his army buddy were at war they was under attack by gas. Wilfred Owen is scary to his friends “Gas! Gas! Quick, boys!” he scream that to protect them. “All Quiet On The Western Front” When Paul Baumer was at the trench he was also attacked by gas. “I hear nothing, he rattles me, come nearer, in a momentary lull his voice reaches me: Gas-Gaa-gaaas-pass it on” Paul Baumer was warned by his fellow teammate
In both All Quiet on the Western Front and A Long Way Gone the characters lack what many others take for granted in more fortunate circumstances. These include both material and immaterial things. Matter such as food, water, shelter, etc. are examples of material items. Immaterial ideas are thought of as things such as family, friends, a sense of belonging, safety, health and so on. Material and immaterial things make up life and who a person is. Both Paul and Ishmael, however, lack material and immaterial things, or do not have enough of them. In some ways this makes them stronger, but in others they are weak and miserable.
The violent nature of war destroys everything about humanity, both physically and psychologically. There is no escape anywhere. By the light of the shells, I try to get a view of the fields. They are a surging sea, daggers of flame from the explosions reach up like fountains. It is impossible for anyone to break through it" (66).
In All Quiet On The Western Front and “For You” demonstrate that when soldiers step on the front line they quickly realize how brutal war is. No One knows how bad war is until they are on the front lines. In All Quiet On The Western Front the book says The book says “The thunder of the guns swells to a single heavy roar (Remarque-pg.35. In the song For You it's says “All i saw was smoke and fire” (Urban). These Quotes represents some examples of Horrors Of War because It makes them depressed, afraid of dying. In “All Quiet on the western front” It says “They'll slip you a waterproof sheet to your old corpse”. In the poem “For You” he says “If it came down to it, could I take the bullet. These quotes represents Horrors of war
World War I was a deadly and difficult situation for all the soldiers who were impacted by it. These novels tell the story of German soldiers and their stories from this treacherous war but from different points of view. The two controversial novels, Storm of Steel, written by Ernest Junger, and All Quiet on the Western Front, written by, Erich Maria Remarsque were very widely talked about during their time and it has many differences and many similarities between them. They are both well known and were written on the same frontier; however, they were different in certain ways.
The Portrayal of War in Charge of the Light Brigade and Dulce et Decorum Est
who have not slept in a bed for weeks on end. In the description "his
This passage is a wonderful example of an opening description of setting. It fits into the structure of the novel by giving the audience a first look at the setting, using imagery and descriptive language to create a picture in the reader’s mind. The author begins using a comparison between hygienic modern bathrooms and the soldiers’ open view. He later uses personification when he writes, “The wind plays with our hair; it plays with our words and thoughts,” (Remarque 9). His calm and carefree diction adds to the peaceful mood.
All Quiet On The Western Front, and Lord of The Flies are similar in numerous different ways. Both works of literature explore the conditions that force men to give up their moral values, by making them fight for their lives, hunt for their lives, and steal for their lives. In “All Quiet On The Western Front”, by Erich Maria Remarque, Paul Baumer and his fellow soldiers were fighting against the French. Paul Baumer pointed out that they “have become wild beasts” who “defend [themselves] against annihilation” (Remarque, 113). Faced between killing other people or getting killed themselves, the soldiers gave up their moral values, and began to massacre each other. Another example of the human race giving up its moral values
The poems “The Charge of the Light Brigade” and “Dulce ET Decorum EST” are war poems. They reflect on two different but equally harrowing events, however the poets portray these events using their own style and the and result is two entirely different views of war.