Category: All Quiet on The Western Front

Erich Remarques All Quiet on the Western Front describes the young German soldier Paul Bäumers experiences in World War I, from his training to his death in battle. However, rather than show us how Paul grows as an individual, developing his own ideas and value system, the novel instead shows how Paulalong with his fellow…

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is a novel that gives a graphic, realistic portrayal of the horrors of war through the narration of Paul Bäumer, a German soldier who enlists in World War I. The novel focuses on Paul’s day to day life and fight to survive while stationed in…

When Erich Maria Remarques first published, All Quiet on Western Front in 1929, scholars of historical medicine, and history, analyzed the effects of war on soldiers. Analyzing effects of war on individuals allowed various scholars and medical professionals to quantify war-trauma in terms of desensitization to life, and a loss of hope. Charles Hamilton Sorleys…

While in the hospital, Kemmerich looks ghastly, yellow, and wan from his injury, demonstrating his lack of invincibility (Remarque 18). These men are only human, and they are not strong or indestructible like iron, but rather weak from the injuries of the war. The men of World War I were exposed to the death and…

The historical-fiction novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque describes the atrocities of World War I from the perspective of the Germans. The war started in 1914 and lasted till 1918, nationalism being a large contributor towards the starting of this war. Across these 4 years there was a casualty count…

Bombardment, barrage, curtain-fire, gas, tanks, machine-guns hand grenade words, words but they hold the horror of the world, Remarque, E.M. (1929) All Quiet on the Western Front. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque was published in 1929 in Germany. The novel tells the story of Paul Baumer and his friends treacherous…

All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel by Erich Remarque, a German war veteran, that describes the intense physical and mental stress German soldiers were exposed to during World War I and the change back to civilian life after returning home. All Quiet on the Western Front was not like any other novel…

Introduction World War One broke up in the year of 1914, many soldiers were killed on the front-line of the battlefield. War took many lives away from their family and friends, taking away young soldiers dreams and leaving them no choice but to keep fighting in the war. Thus, some soldiers decided to write diaries…

The books read in class: All Quiet on the Western Front (by Erich Maria Remarque), and Things Fall Apart (by Chinua Achebe), are books that both demonstrate the different reasons why people engage in wars. People engage in wars for reasons such as their want to display patriotism, many others believe it is the right…

Erich Remarque’s harsh novel, All Quiet on the Western Front depicts the young German trooper Paul Baumer’s encounters in World War I, from his preparation to his passing in action. Nonetheless, as opposed to demonstrating how Paul develops as an individual, building up his thoughts and esteem, the novel instead indicates how Paulalongside his combatantsendures…