All Quiet On The Western Front
Beginning of paper
For it is no easy undertaking, I say,
to describe the bottom of the Universe;
nor is it for tongues that only babble child's play.
(The Inferno, XXXII, 7-9.)
Erich Maria Remarque's , a novel set in World War I, centers around the changes wrought by the war on one young German soldier. During his ti ....
Middle of paper
.... from the traditional by emphasizing the language of Baumer's pre- and post-enlistment societies. Baumer either can not, or chooses not to, communicate truthfully with those representatives of his pre-enlistment and innocent days. Further, he is repulsed by the banal and meaningless language that is used by members of that society. As he becomes alienated from his former, traditional, society, Baumer simultaneously is able to communicate effectively only with his military comrades. ....
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Word count: 3318
Page count: 13 (approximately 250 words per page)
