World War I are shown clearly in Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front. Paul Baumer is the protagonist, he is just a regular young man who has not had any major life experiences, until he enlists in the war. He goes from just a regular unexperienced teenage boy to a mature adult in a short time. This novel is set in WWI behind the German frontlines where Paul and his friends Katczinsky, Muller, Kropp, Tjaden, and Kemmerich are all assigned. These six young men decided to enlist in the
the battle field as a heroic figure that would gladly die for his county’s honor. Erich Maria Remarque’s “All Quiet on the Western Front”, paints a vividly different picture than one of a patriotic soldier willing to be at war. Remarque’s work masterfully shows that the soldier’s expectations of war could not be any further from society’s concept of warfare. “All Quiet on the Western Front” follows a young and innocent soldier, Paul Baumer, through the living Hell that is World War I. Through
In the text, All Quiet on the Western Front, the author, Erich Maria Remarque, tells the struggles within his own experiences of war through the main character of Paul. The scene of Paul’s leave posed itself as a significant event, allowing the reader to pull out deeper meaning about how society really feels about wars and the men in them, the apparent prejudice many have towards it. Firstly, during the wars, the citizens shown to be back home, out of the direct danger of the war zone, don’t give
In the Emmy-Award movie “All Quiet on the Western Front” demonstrates various scenes where the characters experience truths and lies about the war, and how it affects them. One of the truths shown is that anyone who goes to the dying room doesn’t come back. Everyone tells the patients that everything is going fine and they will be alright.However, once they are seen getting worse or not healing the nun takes the patient’s clothes off and remove them from the bed.They all know what it means to be
All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque’s literary breakthrough, All Quiet on the Western Front, describes two stories. It meticulously chronicles the thoughts of a soldier in World War I while simultaneously detailing the horrors of all wars; each tale is not only a separate experience for the soldier, but is also a new representation of the fighting. The war is seen through the eyes of Paul Baumer whose mindset is far better developed in comparison to his comrades’. His true
All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel by a German writer Erich Maria Remarque. It is one of the most famous works by Remarque that quickly gained critical acclaim not only in Western Europe but also across the world. The book is about the life of Paul Baumer on the front during the First World War. As a matter of fact, Paul is inspired by his teacher to join the army with his friends Kropp, Haie, Fredrich, who are his classmates. On the front, he starts to meet with the real state of the war
All Quiet on the Western Front describes how war positively impacts soldiers, however, it causes hardships. The narrator, Paul Baumer, describes his experience of fighting in WWI. Paul was a German soldier who faced troubles of war with the other men. The Germans in the Triple Alliance were fighting against the Triple Entente, which contained Great Britain, France, and Russia. The men face injury, wounds, death, and disagreements. The war causes soldiers to become emotionless and afraid because of
The first world war is taking place. Paul Baumer, a high school graduate from Germany enlists in the army along with many of his fellow peers. From the beginning of All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, Paul is doomed. This is due to the fact that the conditions of the war are gruesome, and the war has taken a toll on Paul’s mental health. The conditions Paul is exposed after enlisting in the army are treacherous, and are detrimental to his fate. Paul describes these conditions
damaging effects on an individual’s identity in this novel, All Quiet on the Western Front. Paul Baumer, the main character in Remarque’s novel, is a soldier in World War I, but more importantly, focused on being a victim on the depriving conditions of war. Paul, who was a very artistic individual before the war changing himself, decided that he should enlist into the German army in World War I with his entire class of young men who were all eighteen-years old. Slowly throughout the conflict, Paul has
The novel All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is the story of a group of young men fighting for Germany in World War I as told by Paul, a nineteen year old soldier. The book illustrates the effect of war on the lives of everyone involved, and how inhumane war is. War is inhumane becauses it makes people lose empathy for others and requires young people to grow up too fast. War is inhumane because it causes the youth to lose their empathy and value for human life or sensitivity