Category: All Quiet on The Western Front

Introduction World War One broke up in the year of 1914, many soldiers were killed on the front-line of the battlefield. War took many lives away from their family and friends, taking away young soldiers dreams and leaving them no choice but to keep fighting in the war. Thus, some soldiers decided to write diaries…

Erich Remarque’s harsh novel, All Quiet on the Western Front depicts the young German trooper Paul Baumer’s encounters in World War I, from his preparation to his passing in action. Nonetheless, as opposed to demonstrating how Paul develops as an individual, building up his thoughts and esteem, the novel instead indicates how Paulalongside his combatantsendures…

Fiction is a powerful tool with which to express a truth or make a point. A juxtaposition of interconnected external and internal conflicts which affect the characters can be used to emphasize the importance of such a truth. In All Quiet on the Western Front, the author, Erich Maria Remarque, creates such a duality to…