Westerns

the creation of a Lost Generation; men who lost their lives, limbs, or the ability to live a normal life. Paul Baumer, the young German protagonist of All Quiet on the Western Front becomes a member of this sad generation through his sad journey to the ultimate elixir, death. In Erich Remarque’s magnum opus All Quiet on the Western Front, Paul Baumer is faced by various emotionally jarring tests that serve as a catalyst for his inner decline and eventual elixir. Paul is faced with a fearsome French

is a thick gruel, it suffocates" (Remarque 29). Brutal quotes like this one are found throughout All Quiet on the Western Front, "Dulce et Decorum Est" and "How to die." In these selections the author uses the viewpoint of a soldier on the front. By the author giving off that viewpoint, the reader can imagine what it would be like on the front. For example, in All Quiet on the Western Front the narrator is a soldier named Paul Baumer. Throughout the novel, Paul experiences many brutal events and

Animal Instinct Every human has need to protect themselves, an instinct. For instance, if a baseball was thrown at someone they would duck out of the way or try and catch it. All most no one would just let it hit them. “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque has many descriptive scenes describing when the soldiers animal instincts take over. Throughout the book, all many battles happen where the men are compared to animals or even beasts rather than humans. Most often

Nicolette DiCosola Dr. Buck History 106 13 April 2016 All Quiet On The Western Front I really enjoyed reading All Quiet On The Western Front. This book started off showing the young men ready to take on war, until the first bombing in the trenches takes place. I found this book to be heart breaking, but it doesn’t veer to far from the truth. WWI is described very vividly throughout this piece. In this piece you really understand first of all, how these young men loose that innocence to war in all

The first statement in the beginning of All Quiet on the Western Front states that this story is a serious story about death, which is not an adventure, and war has an everlasting effect on the survivors. In the book, the various deaths show the seriousness of death and its effects as described in the epigraph. Also, the novel illustrates specific instances in which a soldier was affected long-term by the war. There are also various quotes that show how soldiers will be affected by the war. Therefore

“One morning two butterflies play in front of our trench.What can they be looking for here?”(Remarque 60) In contrast to the mood of war, Remarque introduces the beauty of nature through butterflies in his book, All Quiet on the Western Front. Remarque grows up mesmerized by nature, collecting insects, and storing them in cases. This admiration follows into his book, in which nature goes on, while man destroys himself through wars. These butterflies ,however, are not just a symbol of preservation

In All Quiet On The Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque expresses how the human nature of the “Iron Youth” alters because of WW1 after witnessing horrendous acts during the struggle between life and death. The human nature of Paul Baumer changes dramatically as he must conform his life to that of a cold, harsh, unforgiving German soldier. Every event that occurs when the novel begins to unravel as “each man has a mess-tin full for the evening,” to the moment where Remarque shifts to show fighting

Happened One Night told the somewhat cliche story of a wealthy woman falling for a white-collar reporter, and All Quiet on the Western Front illustrated the nature of World War 1 and its effects on those involved. Each film was not similar in plot to any other, yet each one falls on the list of the Greatest Films of All Time. I think the greatness of All Quiet on the Western Front lies in the fact that the story told a different kind of war story; instead of glorifying war and painting the characters

All Quiet on the Western Front, is a story based on Paul Baumer and his experiences with war. Paul and several of his friends join the German army to fight on the French front during World War I. They made this decision for honor and glory, but they soon realized war was nothing they thought it would be. Paul experienced many unforgettable scenes. He states from the book, they hid in a graveyard, where the force of the shelling caused the buried corpses to emerge from their graves, as groups of living

The film, All Quiet on the Western Front, provides a visual representation of the WW1 battle field and the high stress environment soldiers were evoked in, from the start of the war. The renovated movie and the original book publishing, was originated to revolve around German soldier, Paul Baumer. Trench Warfare and the gruesome reality that became the battlefield of World War 1, was depicted through the journey of Paul and his closest comrades. The movie touched upon the actual history of the war