Category: All Quiet on The Western Front

In the novel, ‘All Quiet on the Western Front,’ by Erich Maria Remarque, the author uses the character, Paul Baumer, to convey critiques of the military structure, and decisions. ‘All Quiet on the Western Front,’ is a novel about a young soldier named Paul who was enlisted at a young age to fight for his…

Coming from a time when the Vietnam war was as it were fair wrapping up, however, the bad dream of the Cold War appeared to be moving theatres, from the blanketed greys of central Europe to the ruddy aridity of the Centre East, All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) could be a convenient antiwar…

Context has been used throughout time and history and has influenced texts. A writer can be influenced by context and the context in how and when it the novel was produced. Erich Maria Remarques novel All Quite on the Western Front written in 1928, is a story of a young 19-year-old boy named Paul Bäumer,…

Erich Remarques All Quiet on the Western Front describes the young German soldier Paul Bäumers experiences in World War I, from his training to his death in battle. However, rather than show us how Paul grows as an individual, developing his own ideas and value system, the novel instead shows how Paulalong with his fellow…

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is a novel that gives a graphic, realistic portrayal of the horrors of war through the narration of Paul Bäumer, a German soldier who enlists in World War I. The novel focuses on Paul’s day to day life and fight to survive while stationed in…

When Erich Maria Remarques first published, All Quiet on Western Front in 1929, scholars of historical medicine, and history, analyzed the effects of war on soldiers. Analyzing effects of war on individuals allowed various scholars and medical professionals to quantify war-trauma in terms of desensitization to life, and a loss of hope. Charles Hamilton Sorleys…

While in the hospital, Kemmerich looks ghastly, yellow, and wan from his injury, demonstrating his lack of invincibility (Remarque 18). These men are only human, and they are not strong or indestructible like iron, but rather weak from the injuries of the war. The men of World War I were exposed to the death and…

The historical-fiction novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque describes the atrocities of World War I from the perspective of the Germans. The war started in 1914 and lasted till 1918, nationalism being a large contributor towards the starting of this war. Across these 4 years there was a casualty count…

Bombardment, barrage, curtain-fire, gas, tanks, machine-guns hand grenade words, words but they hold the horror of the world, Remarque, E.M. (1929) All Quiet on the Western Front. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque was published in 1929 in Germany. The novel tells the story of Paul Baumer and his friends treacherous…

All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel by Erich Remarque, a German war veteran, that describes the intense physical and mental stress German soldiers were exposed to during World War I and the change back to civilian life after returning home. All Quiet on the Western Front was not like any other novel…