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"All Quiet On The Western Front"


"All Quiet On The Western Front"
A discussion of the military training and experience of the novel's protagonist in "All Quiet On The Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages) | 1 source | 1993 United States


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"This study will discuss the army training of the protagonist Paul Baumer in the novel All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque.


The training is described by the narrator/protagonist Paul in retrospect, so that his experiences are deepened by hindsight. The training is marked by an innocence on the part of the young men, an innocence which will be thoroughly eroded as they move into the actual war and its attendant horrors.


The first reference to the early days of his encounter with the military is made by Paul with respect to the recruiting by the schoolmaster Kantorek. Paul and the other young men have been clearly impressed by the patriotic emotion of Kantorek's recruiting message: "I can see him now, as he used to glare at us through his spectacles and say in a moving voice: 'Won't you join..."

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APA Citation:

"All Quiet On The Western Front" (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Analytical-Essay-All-Quiet-On-The-Western-Front/20199

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""All Quiet On The Western Front"" 15 January 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Analytical-Essay-All-Quiet-On-The-Western-Front/20199>




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