All Quiet On The Western Front: "The Cause Of Death"
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Erich Maria Remarque's ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT is a very
interesting and true-to-heart novel based in the first world war where
many men and women died because someone called them the enemy. The main
character is Paul Baumer, a nineteen year old man who is swept into the
war, along with hi ....
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.... and his friends
first reached the front and then goes back and forth between present and
past. The main topics throughout the book is the change from idealism to
disillusionment, the loss of Paul's friends, and especially the loss of
Paul's innocence.
The change from idealism to disillusionment is really the driving
force behind the novel. From young school boys, listening to their
schoolmaster asking "Won't you join up comrades?"(11) to "weary,
broken"(294) men, idealism and disill ....
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Page count: 4 (approximately 250 words per page)
