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Movie: All Quiet On The Western Front - Paper

Movie: All Quiet On The Western Front

In the movie "All Quiet on the Western Front" we see the boys almost
innocent as they sit in class. The teacher in this scene is pressuring the boys
to go to war. He preaches that it is their "duty" to fight. The teacher seems
very pushy and strict. He is especially strict with Paul, the main character in
the movie. In this particular scene, Paul is drawing a picture of a bird. In
Paul's family they are glad that he is going to war. His family prays for him
and they pray for the Kaiser, the ruler of Germany. We see here that this is
ironic because Paul's family is praying for someone they have never met.

When Paul goes to see his friend in the hospital, another friend asks
for the ...

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sees a horse
getting killed. He is very mad about this because the horses are innocent and
they are not involved with the war. Paul is changed emotionally by this and he
is sad about it.

After the boys see the Kaiser they talk and don't even know what they
are fighting for. One night in battle Paul killed a French soldier. Once he
killed the solider he begins to regret that he killed him. He looks at the
pictures of the soldier's family. Paul says that "they could of been brothers".
Paul trys to save the soldier's life but, cannot. Paul realizes that he has
killed another human. Paul feels remorse

In battle Albert, Paul, and Franz get wounded. Franz dies and Albert
gets his leg amputated. Albert becomes depressed and becomes suicidal. Franz
becomes jealous that Paul is getting better. Albert doesn't want to return home
with one leg so he try's to kill himself.

After a months of killing people Paul returns home and writes a letter
to his mom. In the letter he writes that he ...

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Added: 8/23/2008 04:14:50 PM
Category: Arts
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