What Are The Similarities Between All Quiet On The Western Front And Soldiers Home

All Quiet on the Western Front and Soldiers Home both have multiple themes. Both portray the destruction of all soldiers who partake in the war and the atrocities committed on both sides. However, although Hemingway's use of mostly direct characterization is useful in displaying how war impacts soldiers, Remarques use of characterization, word choice, and indirect characterization are better at fully visualizing the loss of humanity in war then Hemingway's uses.

In terms of direct characterization, Hemingway clearly articulates how war impacts the main character of his book Kropp. An example of this is when Hemingway describes how Kropp feels when talking to other soldiers quote “he fell into the easy pose of the old soldier among other

For example, when hemingway talks about how Kropp dealt with his life after the war he keeps his writing vague. An example of this is “He did not want any consequences. He did not want any consequences ever again. He wanted to live along without consequences.”. THe use of the repetition of consequences is used to give a sense of the enormity of consequences each soldier had to deal with, and the negative connotation of consequences means that Kropp had multiple bad experiences. However, the way Hemingway words this quote doesn’t is to vague. Remarques word choice conveys greater feelings death and destruction by using a variety of adjectives rather than repeating the same word while giving the same effect. For example “My thoughts become confused. This atmosphere of carbolic and gangrene clogs the lungs, it is a thick gruel, it suffocates.”. Remarque uses the word atmosphere to not only describe the gas but also the environment and the war in general using the same vagueness as Hemingway to convey the a similar message. Another instance of Hemingway in superiority when it comes to describing a scene is when he describes how Paul feels about his life in general. “He would not go down to his father's office. He would miss that one. He wanted his life to go smoothly. It had just gotten going that way.”. In this quote hemingway uses the words just gotten this way to explain how Kropp's life was before the war and during the war. It can be inferred that Kropp's childhood was chaotic and that he might have wanted a sense of purpose. Even though this quote elaborates Paul's feelings elements still need inference in order to make any meaningful conclusion. On the other hand, Remarque describes Paul's feelings better by relating what Paul feels to events and objects most people understand. For instance, “We want to live at any price; so we cannot burden ourselves with feelings which,