we meet our four main characters, Paul Baumer, Stanislaus Katczinsky Muller, and Tjaden. In this book we see how these men are devastated by Germany's infantry, as it rips apart their humanity, leaving them as empty shells deprived of their souls. As we continue to see how long they continue to progress as individuals, we see them devastated by all-out war. Chapter two introduces us to Corporal Himmelstoss, the power-hungry man put in charge of training the soldiers, who treats them with inhumane cruelty and complete disrespect. As they are able to escape his evil tyranny, they are confronted with the death of their friend Franz Kemmerich, who dies at the end of chapter two, leaves them with the only concern of who will get his boots.
The German government: Instable and “You take it from me, we are losing the war because we can salute too well” ( Remarque 40 ) . This quotation from the book All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque stands in representation for the symbol of questioning the decisions of a government. This book shows how a government may not be making decisions regarding war that are in the best interests of the people. The German government was in a time of struggle and despair during the times of World War I (1912-1918). The instability and false trustworthiness of the German government in the time period of 1910-1930 fed the feelings and themes from the book All Quiet on the Western Front.
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarqueis a book about a German soldier Paul Bäumer and some of his friends from school who joined the army voluntarily after their teacher talked about joining the war. The group of nineteen year olds started the war with a great sense of nationalism and enthusiasm, but after experiencing ten weeks of hard training from Corporal Himmelstoss and the brutality of life on the front. Paul and his friends realize that the reasons of for which they enlisted are simply meaningless after some time on the front. Also, Paul and his friend realize that war is not as glorious or honorable as it is made out to be, and constantly lived in strain both mental and physical.
1. What have you read this week? How has the plot progressed? Write a 6-8 sentence summary of the novel so far. Robin and his crew continue to go town to town helping town memeber who have lost everything or children who have sustained injury.
Every soldier and animal faces the horrors of war, whether its through personal experience or witnessing a commrade endure the immense pain and slow death. The horrors of war are in escapable and wear away at the soldiers hope of survival and will to
Short Summary of Book: This book talked about what all happened during World War II. It also described what happened during World War I. It showed the different things Germany did to expand to fight in the war. It included quotes from people living during the war. It was written in order like a timeline.
In the war novel of All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, the imagery of nature is used to describe the battle of the front of the war. Because of the grotesque battle scene that is associated with nature, soldiers would change by losing their innocence and being dehumanized. Although nature often associated with peace, it is more substantial than humans because nature has an impact on the soldiers. During the war, there are times of peace because nature is everywhere.
What I found most interesting about chapter twenty-one was how the great war shock the world. The great war of 1914-1918 was of the greatest shock the war took killing millions of soldier and not yet enough around another seven million civilians who perished from persecution, disease or starvation. This was horrifying moment for everyone because the industrial revolution was kicking each other’s assess. Every country wanted to be the best and everyone was trying to play their cards right. Pretty much a battle of the most creative whoever had the newest and most advanced theologies to fight the other countries.
I am considering the good and the bad of silence. A friend of mine, a Vietnam veteran, was shot in the head. He was blinded for a few months. Eventually his eyesight returned, but ever since 69, his eyesight has been fading. About to retire, he worries about going blind.
They were given tags for each person and luggage while being deported to camps. The novel mentions- “And their number was 70917. They no longer had a name. Just a number.”
All Quiet on the Western Front Throughout the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, Paul Baumer illuminates, through his eyes as the main character, war as a horribly dehumanizing experience. However, the real question is whether or not war and the experiences of many soldiers make them more human. Many will agree that war strips many young soldiers of their lives and pride. However, I believe that war helped shape the way men are today and they way they were back then.
War has not changed over the years. The reason we fight in wars has stayed the same for over many decades. To keep our freedom and keep the peace. The general reason we went to war in WW1 and in the Afghanistan was the same. We wanted to keep our people safe and keep the peace.
Personal Change Through Experience People in their lives are pushed, challenged, met with difficult decisions and go through strenuous ordeals which will form and develop their beliefs, values and how they perceive the world. The novels All Quiet on the Western Front and Purple Hibiscus share these similar themes through the novels. All Quiet on the Western Front, written by Erich Maria Remarque, is a War novel about the physical and mental challenges of a young German man who volunteers to join up into the military to fight in World War One. Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a fiction novel involving a young girl, her brother, her abusive, demanding father who controls her and her family’s life, the stress and pain it brings
In war, there is no clarity, no sense of definite, everything swirls and mixes together. In Tim O’Brien’s novel named “The Things They Carried”, the author blurs the lines between the concepts like ugliness and beauty to show how the war has the potential to blend even the most contrary concepts into one another. “How to Tell a True War Story” is a chapter where the reader encounters one of the most horrible images and the beautiful descriptions of the nature at the same time. This juxtaposition helps to heighten the blurry lines between concepts during war. War photography has the power to imprint a strong image in the reader’s mind as it captures images from an unimaginable world full of violence, fear and sometimes beauty.
Review All Quiet on the Western Front is great piece of literature because it incorporates a lot of different aspects into the book. It has the action of war, the happiness of friendship, and the sorrowness of loss and given up hope. It varies from other books i have read about war and loss because it gives a perspective that I have never seen through before. The book is based on the lives of German soldiers in World War I, rather than the usual book through the eyes of an American soldier.
