Erich Maria Remarque

A novel written by Erich Maria Remarque, describes in clutching detail his first person account of World War I from the German front. The author and his classmates enlist in the German army at the age of 19. Leaving life as they know it to fight for a cause they are unsure of. They experience the devastation of trench warfare, from constant bombardments down to hand to hand combat. However the author does not only tell his experience of combat. There is more to war then that, there are mental

All Quiet on the Western Front written by Erich Maria Remarque is a narrative describing World War I from a German soldier 's perspective. The story is narrated by Paul Baümer and predominantly revolves around the experiences of him and his comrades Kemmerich, Katczinsky, Kropp, Müller, and Leer. The novel begins with Paul Baümer and his friends in a cheerful mood as extra rations are being allocated to them due to the missing soldiers. During this event, Baümer introduces and describes the various

The novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is a tale about a group of young gentlemen in Germany who decide to join the army, and fight in World War I for their country. The boys become interested in fighting for their country after their schoolmaster informs them about the importance of this war. With much excitement, the young men have high expectations of what they want the war to be like. Throughout the course of the novel, the attitudes and opinions of the boys change as

Front by Erich Maria Remarque was the war novel that changed what ‘war novel’ meant. No longer would war be a fantasy for the growing generation, but a real-life death trap. World War I came with many innovations to warfare: machine guns, poison gases, trench-style warfare. While these technologies were supposed to improve warfare, it made war longer with more casualties. In All Quiet on the Western Front war is not looked up to, it is looked down upon from the perspective of a soldier. Remarque stated

lost forever, regardless if they exited in a coffin. In Erich Maria Remarque’s landmark novel “All Quiet on the Western Front”, he illustrates the everyday hell soldier’s face fishing in the battlefields of WWI. The novel, Paul Baumer, is a foot soldier fighting for the German army; he shares a first-hand account of the war’s atrocities on himself and his comrades in arms. In the novel, “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque, the author reveals the horrifying yet calmness between

People such as Erich Maria Remarque help people like me, someone who has not served acknowledge the brutal and breathtaking memories that he hasn’t lived but wants to learn about. In Erich Maria Remarque’s landmark war novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, illustrates how war is hell on the soldiers who served in World War 1. The Novel, Paul Baumer, is a foot soldier fighting for the German Army; he shares a first-hand account of the wars atrocities on himself and his comrades in arms. In the

flourished on the nationalism in the early 1900’s of its people. Ready to encounter an attack at any moment and any time. People forget the decision of war until they are in the flame of its fire. In the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque explains his experience of the war in World War 1 through a character Paul Bumer. Bumer was a kind and sensitive man. Back in school he used to write poets. Pual’s Bumer teacher brainwashed him and other students who where his classmates. He

All Quiet on the Western Front, novelist Erich Maria Remarque provides a commentary on the dehumanizing tendencies of warfare. Remarque continuously references the soldiers at war losing all sense of humanity. The soldiers enter the war levelheaded, but upon reaching the front, their mentality changes drastically: “[they] march up, moody or good tempered soldiers – [they] reach the zone where the front begins and become on the instant human animals” (Remarque 56). This animal instinct is essential

feelings during the war were Erich Maria Remarque, who wrote All Quiet on the Western Front, and Edward Thomas, who wrote “This is no case of petty right or wrong”. While Thomas uses metaphors and an aggravated tone to reveal why patriotism is more beneficial than nationalism in his poem, Remarque more effectively presents this theme through his more extensive use of specific metaphors, accusatory word choice, and emotional tone in his novel. As an example, Remarque is superior in the metaphors that

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque "All Quiet on the Western Front" was written in a first person style. The story was told by Paul Baümer, a nineteen year old student, convinced to enlist with the German army by his schoolmaster, Kantorek. Along with many of his friends from school, he is trained under Corporal Himmelstoss, a strictly disciplined commander who dislikes Paul because of his "defiance." When sent to the front, Paul, along with his other friends, made new friendships