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Anti War Literature: Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front (1189 words, 4 pages)

In his novel "All Quiet On The Western Front"- first published in German as Im Westen nichts Neues in January 1929 - German Author Erich Maria Remarque purposefully destroys the nationalistic ideas readers at the time would have had about the war. He claims in his epigraph - "This book ... Read More

An Analysis of Greater Love by Wilfred Owens (1312 words, 2 pages)

Doug Drouillard 04 November 2001 AP English-hour 6 The Great War Wilfred Owens Greater Love and Remarques All Quiet on the Western Front are two pieces of literature that examine the bond that men made with each other during World War I. The speaker in Greater Love tells of the ... Read More

Representation of War in Text (851 words, 3 pages)

Introduction The two texts have chosen to for my reports are All Quiet On The Western Front Erich Maria Remarque written, 1929 is about a group of German school boys Paul and his friends that are encouraged by their teacher to join the army shortly are WWI started. They experience ... Read More

The Depiction of the Innocent and the Sage Archetypes in All Quiet on the Western Front, a Novel by Erich Maria Remarque (890 words, 4 pages)

All Quiet on the Western Front is a anti-war novel written by Erich Maria Remarque, who was a soldier himself drafted in WWI and fought on the Western Front. All Quiet on the Western Front brought up a storm of political controversy and was banned in Germany by the government. ... Read More

The Search for Customary in A Farewell to Arms and All Quiet on the Western Front (2113 words, 7 pages)

How far does the literature of the First World War depict a search for normality despite the fact that the war has questioned civilised values?For many of those who took part in the First World War, normality was not found until much after the war. Shortly after the publication of ... Read More

An Excerpt Analysis in All Quiet on the Western Front, a Novel by Erich Maria Remarque (676 words, 2 pages)

All Quiet on the Western Front Lit AnalysisIn this excerpt of All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, the narrator seems to be going through a rough time. It is as if the narrator has lost his mind, or he is already mad, with the way he ... Read More

The Multitude of Themes in Erich Maria Remarque’s War Novel All Quiet on the Western Front (1592 words, 5 pages)

All Quiet on the Western Front World War I proved to be the first of its magnitude. Never before had a war lasted so long or with such a devastating death toll. It ushered in the new century with a senseless amount of bloodshed and violence. In Erich Maria Remarques ... Read More

The Effects of War and Death in All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (1004 words, 3 pages)

All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is a war novel narrated by Paul Bumer, a German soldier who enlists in World War I. The novel encompasses Pauls daily struggle to survive on the front while the world seemingly collapses around ... Read More

A Look into the Lives of Paul Baumer and Louie Zamperini in All Quiet on the Western Front, a Novel by Erich Maria Remarque (1309 words, 5 pages)

Stranded Theyre stranded, exhausted, empty, and just want to go home. Welcome to the world war lives of soldiers Paul Baumer and Louie Zamperini. In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, Paul Baumer is a German soldier fighting for his life in the trenches ... Read More

An Analysis of Power Struggles in All Quiet on the Western Front, a Novel by Erich Maria Remarque (808 words, 3 pages)

Power is a prominent struggle within the war and humanity. To understand the power one being has is often different in various places. Soldiers see this comparison in the war and out of it. Enrich Maria Remarque points out these power struggles in the book All Quiet On the Western ... Read More

The Terrors of War in All Quiet in the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, Goddamn This War by Tardi, and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1283 words, 5 pages)

Perhaps nothing is more frequent in the pages of history books than wars. Since the beginning of time, men have fought to hold their ground and conquer more. Yet the ideas of war are not always the trumpeting, flag-flying, fresh-faced recruits that they are painted out to be. The reality ... Read More

The Theme of Survival in Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front and in Rupert Brooke’s Poems (679 words, 2 pages)

"Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory howeverlong and hard the road may be for without victory there is no survival"(Winston Churchill). In All Quiet on the Western Front, Paul Baumer and hisfellow classmates are talked into volunteering for World War I by theirteacher, Kantorek. The ... Read More

How War Changes People in All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (638 words, 2 pages)

Destruction of a GenerationGrowing up in the United States before the First World War left teenaged boys mesmerized by the idea of being an honored hero, who would be praised for their bravery if they fought in the war. The U.S government made it known to every young man in ... Read More

The Soldier’s Lost of Innocence in the Novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and in the Poem Arms and the Boy by Wilfred Owen (834 words, 3 pages)

The Path of a Lost SoldierOn the battlefield, innocence is lost and men are transformed yet all soldiers go through a three-step transformation that turns them into better soldiers, but worse men as well. In the novel All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, and in many ... Read More

Symbolism in the Novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (537 words, 3 pages)

A symbol is an object, action, or event that represents something or that creates a range of associations beyond itself. In literary works at a symbol can express an idea, clarify meaning, or enlarge literal meaning. Select a novel or play and, focusing on one symbol, write an essay analyzing ... Read More

A Look at World War I in All Quiet on the Western Front, a Novel by Erich Maria Remarque (590 words, 2 pages)

World War I, also known as the Great War, was a global war that occurred from 1914 to 1918. This war was triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. The main form combat in WWI was trench warfare, a type of combat in which opposing troops fight ... Read More

A Comparative Analysis of All Quiet on the Western Front and Johnny Got His Gun by Erich Maria Remarque (1726 words, 6 pages)

Dehumanization and Destruction of Individuality A Comparative AnalysisDehumanization is the destruction of human individuality. Both Erich Maria Remarques All Quiet on the Western Front and Dalton Trumbos Johnny Got His Gun illustrate this harsh reality of soldiers dehumanization in World War I. Both novels reveal that no matter which nationality ... 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 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

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 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 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

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

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013