German Literature Essays Examples For College & High School Students in PDF

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An Analysis of Brutality in All Quiet on the Western Front (1309 words, 4 pages)

The enduring themes of brutality and horror are prevalent throughout All Quiet on the Western Front and are displayed through the experiences of the protagonist, Paul Baumer, as he fights to survive the horrors and devastation of World War One. The following examples will depict the horrendous conditions and situations ... Read More

The Anti-War Message in All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (1278 words, 4 pages)

Ever since pre-Ancient times, war has been present in human history. Whether it be the wars of the early dawn of the human era to the current War on Terror, the notion of war is ever ingrained in humans. Much like the sense of competition, war is used as a ... Read More

The Dehumanization of Women in the Things They Carried and All Quiet in the Western Front (619 words, 2 pages)

Ms. LandonEvolution of War24 February 2016Women and War The not-so-changing timesIn the context of war, men have predominantly taken the spotlight. From active combat to administrative and clerical tasks, men are portrayed as the heroes. In essence, men in the military are the active fighting force against Hitler, communism, Saddam ... Read More

The Early Life and Literary Career of Wilhelm Richard Wagner (662 words, 3 pages)

Composers LivesBach, Beethoven, and Wagner are often viewed as the greatest composers and musicians of all time. All three have expressed their intellect and creativity through classical music. Their music has influenced several individual musicians, many musical periods, and the art of music as a whole. Each of them came ... Read More

The Reality of Warfare in All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (1624 words, 7 pages)

Wirklichkeit (Reality)Erich Maria Remarque relives his experience as a veteran in All Quiet on the Western Front, which recounts the experience of a young German soldier fighting in World War I. Having known nothing but death and fighting, the protagonist Paul Bumer and his fellow soldiers struggle to find a ... Read More

A Comparison of Wars in All Quiet on the Western Front and the Absolutist (1407 words, 5 pages)

Take cover, fire in the hole! All Quiet on the Western Front and The Absolutist are two novels that represent the first and second world wars. Anti-war novels tend to change in mood from clear to ambiguous as the reader is completing the reading process. Readers clearly observe this change ... Read More

An Analysis of the Theme of War in All Quiet on the Western Front and A Farewell to Arms by Hemingway (950 words, 4 pages)

It is the thought of many that Remarques prose exists with the sole purpose of placing an immovable boulder in the path of anyone wanting to portray what was arguably the filthiest and most utterly pointless war, as anything other than filthy and pointless (Meyer, 2013). It is perhaps in ... Read More

A Critique and Analysis of Commitment by Theodore Adorno (1295 words, 4 pages)

In Theodor Adornos Commitment, he writes that, in a polemical sense, the adoption of the discourse of genocidal moments of human history into the existing global literati has produced some contrasts between various philosophical fields, as well as some problems within literature and art. Herein, he explores the existing discussion ... Read More

The Relationship and Interactions of Feinhals and Ilona in the Boll’s Novel And Where Were You, Adam (1337 words, 4 pages)

Within Bolls novel, And Where Were You, Adam, the author describes the final months of WWII as the German army collapses under the advance of the Russian army. Through his novel, you notice many interconnections between characters but one of the most obvious and influential to the novel is that ... Read More

A Comparison between the Grimm Brothers’ Folk Tale Little Red Riding Hood and Hoodwinked!, the Weinstein Company’s Animated Adaptation of It (1323 words, 4 pages)

Little Red Cap, more commonly known as Little Red Riding Hood, is one of the more popular folk tales told in the Grimm Brothers collection Children and Household Tales. Over time, many adaptations have spawned with each changing the story in ways that better suit the target audience and their ... Read More

The Inhumanity of the War Portrayed in Erich Maria Remarque’s Novel All Quiet on the Western Front (913 words, 3 pages)

Nine million dead and almost twenty million wounded from a total of twenty different countries, World War I was one of the most gruesome battles known to mankind. The torture and atrocity experienced by the soldiers that fought in it was unbearable. The inhumanity of the war is shown in ... Read More

The Change in Victim’s Life After Being Sexually Abused by an Older Woman in the Novel The Reader by Bernhard Schlink (2190 words, 6 pages)

There has always been a stigma of the idea that is not so bad if older women had sexual relations with underage boys. In fact, friends of the young boys would praise them without understanding what they are actually going through, and how their lives had been changed. But the ... Read More

The Life and Works of the German Poet, Bertolt Brecht (1552 words, 5 pages)

Bertolt Brecht, born in Augsburg, Bavaria in the year of 1898, dedicated his life to becoming one of the most distinguished playwrights of his time. Brecht was born into a middle-class family, with a Catholic father, Berthold Friedrich Brecht who worked for a paper mill and a devout Protestant mother, ... Read More

An Analysis of Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche (409 words, 2 pages)

Nietzsche and the UbermenschenIn Thus Spake Zarathustra by Nietzsche, he is saying that the so called tarantulas are people who are jealous. They get annoyed when other people have a talent or something that they possess that they do not have so they get upset and try to rip them ... Read More

A Description of the Protagonist Von Aschenbach in the Novel Death in Venice by Thomas Mann (964 words, 4 pages)

The protagonist Von Aschenbach, a man who is sophisticated, reserved and has social grace travels to Venice where he started from Apollonian state to Dionysian state. In the novel Death in Venice, the author Thomas Mann used Greek mythology and motifs to reveal the Apollonian and Dionysian characteristics of Achenbachs ... Read More

Questioning Everything as Described in Fredrick Nietzsche’s “Beyond Good and Evil” (802 words, 3 pages)

Liberate Yourself from Religious DogmaThroughout history religion has been the cause of many wars. Richard M. Nixon once said, In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Perfume by Suskind (411 words, 2 pages)

Perfume Reflective Statement 1Today in class, we discussed the psychology and the science behind scents. By learning more in-depth about smells, I furthered my understanding of how Sskind implanted scents into his novel, Perfume. Furthermore, I realized how important the role of smells was in the novel. During the oral, ... Read More

The Meaning of War in All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and the Movie Men of Purpose (948 words, 3 pages)

Erich Maria Remarque who authored All Quiet on the Western Front, a depressing war time novel, about a German soldier named Paul. This WWI novel mirrors the movie, Men of Purpose in depressing, yet true means. Remarques first person narrative of Paul- a young soldier, reflects the young men who ... Read More

War Is Not All Glorious: All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (1256 words, 5 pages)

Remarque, Erich Maria. All Quiet on the Western Front. New York Ballantine Books, 1982War is not all GloriousAll Quiet on the Western Front is not a typical war book. It is fascinating and goes into a great detail about the horrors of war instead of the glory and honor of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (3349 words, 4 pages)

SRP5 what is war? Who does it effect? Who does it benefit or harm? Is it really necessary? These are not questions most people ask themselves, but these questions and others like them are the main focus of the book All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Maturity in Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse (1115 words, 4 pages)

Maturity Learning to Let GoHermann Hesses Steppenwolf is the story of a troubled mans journey to find a balance between his urges to enjoy the spoils of life and his fear of being completely cutoff from his socially structured life. Herman Hesse was a German who immigrated to Switzerland during ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (2310 words, 3 pages)

Anthony YeePeriod 4Every man is told the same story when recruited for war. Theyre all told that theyd bring back glory and victory for their country theyd walk back as heroes and be celebrated by all. But what every man doesnt know what happened to the man that didnt return. ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Pride in All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (1197 words, 3 pages)

Rejection of Forced PrideWhat is a war hero? Is it a label that war veterans truly view themselves as? Perhaps it is instead a concept created by the public looking in from the outside, by those who havent faced the horrible realities of war, who cannot possibly begin to understand ... Read More

The Brutalities of World War I and the Nature of War in All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (1883 words, 5 pages)

War, the destruction of humanity, has managed to create and destroy nations and cities while killing off mankind. Within the last millennium, weapons and war tactics have undergone a total transformation in order to continue fighting more advanced wars and dominating regions. The irony of such technological and scientific improvements ... Read More

The Reality of War as Reflected in Erich Maria Remarque’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” (469 words, 1 pages)

All Quiet on the Western Front is written by Erich Maria Remarkque. Ittakes place in Germany and was written to reflect the reality of war. Itshows how war has a hidden face that most people do not see until it is toolate. In the novel, he describes a group of ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse (1023 words, 2 pages)

Steppenwolf, by Hermann Hesse, is the story of a middle-aged man, who has divided himself into two beings a civilized man, and a wolf-man, as a way of explaining his wretchedness. As a man, Harry Haller "loves all the things of Emil Sinclair's first world, order and cleanliness, poetry and ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character Motivation in All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (942 words, 1 pages)

Character motivation is what motivates a character to do what heshe does. In All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, Paul Baumer changes a lot due to the war and its hardships. Instead of being a na ve boy, because of what he faces, he becomes hardened ... Read More

Gustave Von Aschenbach’s View on Life from the Story Death in Venice by Thomas Mann (419 words, 1 pages)

Life to Gustave von Aschenbach meant more than simply living rather, an entirely differently definition is used. To him, life was abstaining from art but to take up art is to deny life. Thus the artist becomes the individual, and life that which he envies. All too late to realize ... Read More

The Theme of ‘War’ in ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ (802 words, 3 pages)

"War is hell." It's a simple quote, but it means so much more than it seems. Hell is the place most people spend their whole lives trying to avoid. So when the time comes to recruit people for war, why do so many people volunteer? The answer is simple most ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Story Jacob the Liar (1517 words, 2 pages)

Jacob the Liar is an interesting story about ordinary people and their experiences in a Jewish ghetto in Poland during WWII. The Jews are forced by the Nazis to live in the ghetto under very strict rules. Jacob is a restaurant owner who gives hope to the Jewish people in ... Read More

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