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  • Pauls Generation
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    War: The Cause of the Lost Generation Upon examination of All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque shows the cause of the lost generation through characters who demonstrate the loss of innocence, the lack of hope, and difficulty with society. The consequences of war are severe, and World War I resulted in the death of many innocent people, and the death of a generation. The survivors were left permanently damaged because of the shell shock that forever haunted them. In the beginning ...
  • Paul And His Friends
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    "All Quiet in the Western Front" In the movie, "All Quiet in the Western Front", Paul is an average eighteen-year-old male who enlists in the Army and is sent to fight in WWI, which changes his views and makes him an adult. Everybody in Paul's hometown is supportive of Paul and his peers enlisting think it is a great opportunity to be able to fight in the war. At basic training, they are shown what military life is like from their drill sergeant who treats him and his friends incredibly rough. P...
  • Last Of Paul's Friends
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    'All Quiet on the Western Front' was written in a first person style. The story was told by Paul Ba " user, a nineteen year old student, convinced to enlist with the German army by his schoolmaster, Kantor ek. Along with many of his friends from school, he is trained under Corporal Himmel stoss, a strictly disciplined commander who dislikes Paul because of his 'defiance. ' When sent to the front, Paul, along with his other friends, made new friendships that would last throughout time. His newly ...
  • Paul's Transformation From Human To Soldier
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    The story of several schoolmates who symbolize a generation destroyed by the dehumanization of the First World War, All Quiet on the Western Front tells of the men who died, and the tragically changed lives of those who survived. Remarque follows the story of Paul B"au mer, a young infantryman, from his last days of school to his death three years later. Whereas the journey motif is typically used to portray a positive character development, that of Paul is deliberately the opposite. In what has...
  • Paul's Closest Friends During The War
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    Compare 'Gallipoli' and 'All Quiet on the Western Front' in terms of the: . Boys' attitude to war. Reasons for enlistment. Experiences on the front How do these change their attitude to war? What does this tell you about the similarities and differences the Australian's and German's experiences? Analysis of Major Characters Paul B"aum erAs the novel's narrator and protagonist, Paul is the central figure in All Quiet on the Western Front and serves as the mouthpiece for Remarque's meditations abo...
  • One Of Paul's Closest Friends
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    In All Quiet on the Western Front, is a novel that shows all of the horrible things and situations that occurred in WWI. It also talks about "the lost generation" that in fact WWI produced. The main character Paul Baume r and his fellow friends, had spent times listening to their teacher Kantorek's speeches. He talked about how it was the boys' "duty or job" to go out and b patriotic and help fight in the war. All in All the decisions that they had made at this time, still had them pondering on ...
  • Paul Leaves For The Front
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    All Quiet on the Western Front is narrated by Paul Baume r. He is a young man of nineteen who fights in the German army on the French front in World War I. Unlike most during that time period, Paul and several of his friends and classmates from school joined the army voluntarily. They joined after listening to nationalistic speeches told to them by their schoolmaster, Kantorek But after experiencing ten weeks of atrocious basic training at the hands of the small-minded, vindictive Corporal Himme...
  • Paul Revere
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    By: Melanie C E-mail: Apostrophe 49 Paul Revere was a man of many talents, a "Jack Of All Trades" if you will. Patriot, silversmith, engraver, and republican, he was destined to be a hero. Born to parents Apollos De R ivoire, a French Huguenot, and Deborah Hitchbourn, Paul Revere came into the world on January 1, 1735 in Boston Massachusetts. Clark's Wharf is where the Reveres resided now. The third born of eight children Revere learned early the lesson of perseverance, a lesson that would be an...
  • End Of The Movie Vin
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    FAST AND FURIOUS Fast and the Furious stars Paul Walker and Vin diesel. They are two very different characters but they also have a lot in common at the same time. They grew up in two very different places and but their childhood have some similarities. Paul and Vin share a lot in common in there adult lives. Vin Diesel was a labeled child. His father was a stock car driver and he was breed for racing. In the movie Vin plays to like the godfather of the underground racing world. He knows everyon...
  • Later Paul
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    Paul B user Paul told the story of the war as it happened to him. The reader is taken from the front line, to a catholic hospital, to his home while he is away on leave. His story tells of the sacrifice the soldiers gave defending their country. It also tells of the difficulties of losing friends, killing another man, and going day after day without much, if any, sleep. He died in October of 1918, just before the war ended. His death was described as this, .".. his face had an expression of calm...
  • Paul And The Other Soldiers
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    The story centers around a young soldier named Paul in some unnamed regiment in the German army. They fight the Allied forces of the United States of America and Europe, plus their friends. The story is about how Paul and the other soldiers with him, who are also his closest friends, deal with the many aspects of the war. They do this in the only way that they know how, and they are not always successful. Remarque deals with the characters' fears and thoughts by mixing them together into the sto...
  • Comraderies Among Paul's Friends
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    1) The Destructiveness of War A major theme, not only on lives and property, but also on the human spirit. Men are subject to physical torment-eyes are blinded, limbs are blown off, blood flows everywhere, and innocent men die in agony. When soldiers take shelter in the graveyard, bombs explode all around them, the living hide in coffins and the dead are thrown from their graves. The destructive power is so great that even the fundamental differences between life and death become blurred. The im...
  • Vin Diesel Good Friend And Paul
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    In the movie The Fast and The Furious there are two main characters Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, they are two different people playing two different roles, In the movie Vin Diesel plays this street racer who high jacks truck, when he was younger his dad died in a stock car accident and that was real hard on him because he loved his dad so much and when his dad died he went looking for the person who killed his dad, Because he had such a rampage that he could ent help what he did b / c his dad mea...
  • Structured Side Of The Kadinsky
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    There is a reason Gu are includes the two-sided Kadinsky painting in this play and as the play's two main characters, Ouisa Kittredge and Paul, unfold the reason becomes very clear. The painting is unique because of the two completely different styles that are represented by each side of it. One side is geometric, ordered and structured, while the other is a vivid mesh of brightly colored brush strokes, without any apparent structure or design. The characters, Ouisa and Paul, could be represente...
  • Paul And Kropp With Injuries
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    Imagine being in an ongoing battle where friends and others are dying. All that is heard are bullets being shot, it smells like gas is near, and hearts race as the times goes by. This is similar to what war is like. In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front, the narrator, Paul Baume r, and his friends encounter the ideals of suffering, death, pain, and despair. There is a huge change in these men; at the beginning of the novel they are enthusiastic about going into the war. After they see what...
  • Paul's Experiences In Combat
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    Paul B umer, the narrator and protagonist in All Quiet on the Western Front, is a character who develops extensively within the course of the novel. As a young man, he is persuaded to join the German Army during World War I. This three year ordeal is marked by Paul's short, but tragic trek into adulthood as he learns to cope with the trials and tribulations of war. In the wake of a struggle which claims millions, Paul loses his precious innocence as he is further isolated from society and engulf...
  • Paul's Closest Friends
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    World War I was one of the worst wars that has ever taken place. All Quiet On The Western Front, written by Erich Maria Remarque, truly described what the war was really like. Paul Baume r, the main character, enlisted in the war at a very young age with the rest of his classmates. Throughout the story Paul experienced many horrors such as seeing his closest friends die, living in unsanitary conditions, and losing his own identity. Paul, having lived so long in the war, saw many of his closest f...
  • Paul And His Friends
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    All Quiet on the Western Front, directed by Delbert Mann, is based on the novel written by Erich Maria Remarque. It tells the story of a German schoolboy, Paul Baumer, and a group of his classmates, who journey from fantasies of heroic glory to the real horror of actual soldiering. Their journey is a coming of age tale that centers on the consternation of war and emphasizes the moral, spiritual, emotional, and physical deterioration suffered by the young soldiers. Paul Baumer is a 19-year-old vo...
  • War Change Paul
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    I. a) Why didn't he kill the French soldier? Paul hesitated to kill the French soldier because the littlest ounce in his body felt remorse towards the suffering soldier. Paul did have some thoughts in killing him, but when he thought about it, he just could not bring himself to kill him. He talked to the soldier and explained how their country did not know what they were doing to each other. Paul just wanted to increase the peace and he felt killing the French soldier would not do any good, sinc...
  • Kemmerich's Boots To Paul
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    ll Quiet on the Western Front tells what happens to a group of German teenagers during World War I. The narrator is Paul Baume r. He and his classmates had patriotically marched off for recruitment, by the slogans of their teacher, Kantorek. But they find no glory in war. As the movie opens, 80 men have just returned from two weeks at the front. Seventy of their comrades may be dead or wounded, but their empty bellies concern them more. They nearly riot when the cook won't dish out the food prep...

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