In the words of Otto Von Bismarck, “Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.” Many of the preceding war novels to All Quiet on the Western Front, misrepresented or overlooked the anguish of war, in favor of more resplendent …
Theresa Hryckowian GOAL 8 Mrs. Bompiani-Smith 3/25/11 Period 2 Literary Analysis of All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Remarque’s novel All Quiet on the Western Front describes the young German soldier Paul Baumer’s experiences in World War I, from his training to his death on the front. In my examination of the novel, the …
Foreign Policy Book ReviewWorld War I took place in the early 1900’s. The United States entered the war late, trying not to get involved with foreign affairs. In Erich Maria Remarque’s WWI novel All Quiet on the Western Front, we see the war through the German point of view of a 19 year-old Paul Baumer.As …
Gaetano ViestiMrs. KohutCHC-2D1 March 20, 2001The Movie All Quiet on the Western Front occurs during the two years just before the Armistice ended World War I in November 1918. By 1916 when the story begins, World War I had already been underway for two years. From the beginning, World War I was fought in two …
rque. Little, Brown and Company. (U.S.A., 1990) 248pp. pg.1We march up, moody or good-tempered soldiers we reach the zone where the front begins and become on the instant human animals. (53)All Quiet on the Western Front, a novel full of the truth and hardships of WWI. Narrated by Paul Baumer, one of the four nineteen …
1. “You limp, will you get out – you hound, you skunk, sneak out of it, would you? ” [Himmelstoss’s] eye becomes glassy, I knock his head against the wall – “You cow” – I kick him in the ribs – “You swine” – I push him toward the door and shove him out head …
All quiet on the Western FrontIn his novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, Remarque depicts a transition in the nature of reality from idealism to realism and naturalism. This transition takes place at different parts of his novel, and to different degrees. At the beginning of the novel, on page 12, we see through …
