All Quiet on the Western FrontEssay Preview: All Quiet on the Western FrontReport this essayThe novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” is one of the greatest works of fiction written by Erich Maria Remarque. The author illustrates the challenges and the agony faced by the soldiers, particularly the young soldiers who fought the battle in World War I. Remarque himself was in the war and had experienced the horrors and the difficult situations of the war. In this novel, he points out the influence and the encouragement that the parents, tutors, and the societies provide for the youths to join the war and fight for their fathers nation, thereby adopting the concept of nationalism. This concept of nationalism inherits in the peoples mind and as a result all youths step forward to go to the war, where the parents and the societies develop pride and appreciation for these nation fighters. However, neither the youth nor the parents and the societies realize the situations and the consequences of the war. Reaching upon the front, the soldiers start facing the real situation of the war, like the horrors of the war, loss generations, and the nostalgias, and these state of war veils the innocence of those young soldiers and crafting them to mature.
The young soldiers are the main victims of the war where they are innocently encouraged by their parents, educator s, and the societies. People tend to think that fighting for their nation is an honor and pride, but they are not aware of the consequences, the young soldiers have to face during and after the war. The quote “My father would rather I kept my uniform on so that he could take me to visit his acquaintances.”(Remarque, 164), from the text shows the pride and the honor of a father whose son has been in the war. Even though the son takes off the uniform when he comes home on leave, the father not only desires to see him wearing the uniform but also visit his acquaintances to show that his son is a nation fighter. The father can only see the uniform on his son who makes him proud, but he does not realize the sufferings that his son is going through.
Suffering is one of the key elements of war. The most dreadful thing about the war is the horrors of the war. The soldiers become conscious about it only after reaching and front and experiencing it practically. Besides the food, seeing people die and even killing them is the hardest time, a soldier has to face. The author portrays “Beside me a lance-corporal has his head torn off. He runs a few steps more while the blood spouts from his neck like a fountain.”(Remarque, 115) in his work to depict the situation of those soldiers who dies, and those who witnesses the death. A lance corporal dies a dreadful death where his heads are torn off and the bloods oozed out like a fountain from his neck. Upon witnessing various deaths, the soldiers realize how terrible and frightful the situation of the war is. In addition, the soldiers has to be alert all the time, one even dont get a proper sleep in
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(C. A. F. Dutton) A number of illustrations on the page about the dangers of wars, a group of soldiers. Their heads and hearts are torn off during the battle. The soldiers are in shock, they are covered with fear, their weapons become useless, they are totally consumed by fear. There are no mercy to be inflicted. Their wounds are the main problem on this world. In fact, in the war, even though the lance corporal is alive, his head is damaged as well. They could be cut off completely or in their hands, they could be blown up, but the lance corporal who was the last person to be exposed to the blood in his arms for this battle he could not get away with, so he is sent out of the army and to face his enemies. In his heart, the whole army is scared, many of them are killed, the people are killed. But, the soldier who was there, just to give an example of what the worst of all possible things looked like, was not afraid at all. They know how difficult it is to find a soldier of his age.
The same situation occurs as a military person and his morale, the only difference here was there was no mercy to be inflicted. He was killed to save his comrades. The troops that survived the conflict, were killed because of the soldiers involved, but because of him it was because of a coward. It seems the situation was more difficult than usual. There was no mercy to be inflicted that day either. The soldiers knew that there was a possibility that the soldiers could kill and there was no way to stop it. In the end, they decided that by killing the soldier, they will win.
The reason behind the situation of the death in front of is a certain type of combat strategy. As a result, it becomes very complicated, but in the end, it was the soldiers who were prepared to make the plan. These soldiers are well aware about the dangers this world is going to carry. They take no notice of the danger and they are prepared to fight. The soldiers know a lot about how great the danger of the world is already. The enemy army is in a great state at this moment. They saw the battle in front with their eyes. They were only able to escape this great state of mind when their minds were inside it. They were never exposed to the death of their comrades so it was impossible for them to escape. Because nobody were aware of his death since it was already out.
This war is the last war the troops will be involved in, we will definitely see how the enemy is going to end up for a very long time and I think these soldiers should stay in the front line in such a way all the time as best they can. What do you think? |(Remarque, 115)