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All Quiet On The Western Front - Term Papers

All Quiet On The Western Front

, by erich maria remarque, shows some very powerful views toward the Great War. The main character , Paul Baumer, goes through an incredible metamorphsis from an innocent dreamer to a hardened and somewhat cynical veteran.
Paul's views started out as being slightly against the war, but not very strongly against it. He didn't seem to mind staying at base camp and hanging out iwth his friends very much. However, after some time fighting the war, he comes to realize that most pre-war society doesn't understand the Great War for what it was. They don't understand the suffering and misery that went witgh wars, and especially trench warfare like that in the Great War. paul disassociates ...

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even says, "at one time even on's parets were ready with the word 'coward'"
When Paul finally gets home, he seems overjoyed to be back, but soon he feels the discomfort of being worlds apart from his mother and father. When he first gets back, he can only cry, but when he tries to speak with his mother, he can't bring up the right words. The separation he felt was a result of his feeling about how horrible the war was and how he didn't want his mother to know how miserable it was. The war was so bad for Paul that he cannot even put it into words.
Paul's thoughts artfully describe why he dislikes the Great War and why his horrible experiences distance himself so much from others int he world; "We are forlorn like children, and experienced like old men, we are crude and sorrowful and super-ficial -- I believe that we are lost." This quote exemplifies his thoughts that the war, and even human violence in general is a lost ...

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Added: 7/7/2008 06:56:01 AM
Category: English
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