All Quiet On The Western Front Essays

War is a battle of not only the physical but also the psychological. In the text, All quiet on the western front, by Enrich Maria Armature, and the poem Homecoming, by Bruce Dade, our understanding is challenged through various representations of war such as innocence, survival and grief. Throughout the novel, “All quiet on the […]

During the years 1916 to 1918, people experienced new and unprecedented forms of warfare and disruptions in their everyday lives due to World War I. Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front portrays the fierce brutality and total devastation of World War I through the journey of Paul Baumer, a young German soldier […]

The author of All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque and the director of Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg use various literary and filmic techniques respectively to portray the devastating effects of war. Both authors through the use of different techniques show the accurate revulsion of war, the loss of innocence, youth and […]

Whether a war is worth fighting for is a hard question to answer. There are many factors that make a person either believe that it is beneficial or not. In one person’s opinion, such as the victor, it may be worthwhile but for another it may be a pointless loss of life’s beauty. All Quiet […]

By selecting to peruse All Quiet on the Western Front, penned by Erich Maria Remarque and later translated into English by A. W. Wheen, I was taken to France’s Western Front in 1918 during World War I – a conflict that arose after Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir apparent to Austria’s throne, was assassinated. Despite […]

Beamer leaves for the western front a young boy, but as All Quiet on the Western Front goes on, Paul becomes more of a soulless soldier. Multiple events “hole fighting for Germany caused Paul to become this way. He began pushing away his family, friends, everyone, everything. This was a technique he used to survive. […]

Very few words Invoke such strong and conflicting reactions. War demands honor and death. War offers hope and despair. War creates the ultimate challenge and the pinnacle of defeat. Throughout history, man struggles to understand war and its impact on the people engaged in its horrors. Paul Beamer, the protagonist in Erich Maria Armature’s historical […]

World War l, countless soldiers naively enlisted into the army, unaware of the harsh realities that lied before them. In the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Armature tells the story of Paul Beamer, a German soldier stationed In northeastern France. This was a time period when war was unjustly glorified and […]

The theme of humanity is readily prevalent throughout the novel, and can be tied in with the loss of innocence, fear, and ultimately the emergence of courage. During All Quiet on the Western Front, the main character Paul who Is only nineteen, is faced with the atrocities of war which take a toll on his […]

Paul, a once hopeful, sensitive boy, enlisted into the war right out of school, faced traumatizing experiences that hanged him into a lonely man who saw life in a bitter, pessimistic way. In All Quiet on the Western Front, Paul comes Into the war as a young and optimistic boy. The war Is a fresh […]

The novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” is set in World War I and focuses on the impact of the war on a young German soldier named Paul Baumer. Throughout his time in the war, Baumer undergoes a significant transformation, evolving from an innocent and idealistic young man to a hardened and cynical veteran. […]

All Quiet on the Western Front is a historical novel, written by Erich Maria Remarque. It is set during the World War I between France and Germany. The book explores the lives and deaths of men who fought the war and how it tore them apart. The story is told through the eye of Paul […]

‘This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will simply try to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by […]

In Remarque’s “All Quiet On The Western Front,” the introduction to the character ‘Kantorek’ involves multiple characters in one scene. This technique by Remarque effectively keeps the reader engaged and interested in the plot. The soldiers’ perspective towards Kantorek is highly biased. They refer to him as short and jestingly remark on how often short […]

Nothing can be gained from the futility of war, only lost; a loss of hope, loss of life, loss of innocence and a loss of identity. This sense of hopelessness has been reflected within the anti-war novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. The negative representation of World War I displayed […]

In the novel Night, Lie witnesses his father being beaten by gypsy Kapok and AS guards multiple times. This reflects both Lie’s understanding of his incapability to intervene and the passive ways of adults in Nazi Germany. The silence contributes to the occurrence of the Holocaust, allowing for daily displays of overwhelming cruelty in concentration […]

“We learned that a bright button is weightier than four volumes of Schopenhaur. At first astonished, then embittered, and finally indifferent, we recognized that what matters is not the mind but the boot brush, not intelligence but the system, not freedom but drill” (22). In this quote, Remarque explains the differences between valuable material and […]

We are at rest five miles behind the front. Yesterday we were relieved, and now our bellies are full of beef and haricot beans. We are satisfied and at peace. Each man has another messtin full for the evening; and, what is more, there is a double ration of sausage and bread. That puts a […]