Joseph Sciuto once declared, “Humanity, the earth with its streams and gardens, animals, and innocence are the real victims of war.” The war affects all manners of life, especially the innocent ones, by corrupting and transmogrifying them into a dehumanized, soulless body with a complete lack of their original character. In his semi-autobiographical novel, All Quiet on the Western Front...
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Life is an inconsistency. It is excellent and hard. It is the confinement along with the opportunities. It is everything and some of the time insufficient. It is incomprehensible but, the conceivable outcomes are unfathomable. It is baffling because while it is every one of these things, it is distinctive for every individual. It contrasts in the manner they live...
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Introduction Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," first published in 1843, is a compelling narrative that continues to resonate with audiences due to its profound exploration of themes such as redemption and compassion. The novella is a critique of the socio-economic disparities of Victorian England, embodied in the transformation of its protagonist, Ebenezer Scrooge. The tale serves as a didactic allegory,...
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Erich Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front is a profound proclamation against war, highlighting its significance in the annihilating impacts on humans. The people of war gave hints of romanticized ideas of being in the front throughout the story for its benefits of obtaining rations of food, and that the conditions were “... excellent”(Remarque, 167). The novel portrays the...
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A comparative analysis of Erich Maria Remarque’s “All Quiet on the Western Front (Western Front),1928” and John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath (Grapes), 1939” provokes the audience to reconsider their understanding of morality. Set during WWI, Remarque explores the demoralizing corruptions of war by mirroring his personal experiences at the Western Front. Steinbeck’s Grapes, set during the 1930 American Dust...
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“War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families” (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr). During World War I many people joined the war to have money to provide for their family, not knowing what they were getting themselves into. The “Lost Generation” was what people called those who grew up during...
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The senselessness of war affects even the best of people and turns them into people you wouldn't be able to recognize. In the novel, All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, the main character Paul Baumer gets sent to fight in the German war where they did not have the best fighting technology. This led to many...
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“Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.” This quote was written by the great Edgar Allen Poe. He was born January 19th, 1809, and died October 7th, 1849. Poe’s parents were both actors. His father abandoned his family when Poe was just a child and his mother died while acting. Poe was...
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“One day they leave Omelas and walk ahead into the darkness, towards a place even less imaginable to most of us than the city of happiness and they do not come back”. ‘The Ones Who Walk Away from the Omelas’ by Ursula Le Guin is a short story about a dystopian society where they sacrifice the freedom of a child...
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Symbolism is a highly important device in literature. It can help writers give their works more richness and depth. Symbolism plays an important role in revealing themes and character traits in Khaled Hosseini’s book, “The Kite Runner”. It is shown in the story with Kites, Lambs, and a Slingshot. Each one of these items not only represents a physical object...
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Throughout the novel The Kite Runner, the past and the present are explored throughout the entirety of the book. The Kite Runner is a semi-autobiographical piece of fiction. It refers to real-life events and it can be assumed people too as it deals partially with the writer's own life but also contains fictional characters. All the main characters are seen...
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In the second half of the novel, the readers can see a desire in the main characters to possess and lay claim to Beloved upon her emergence from the river. This desire is not surprising to the readers since learn early on in the novel that Sethe has had and lost Beloved and that being a slave prevented individuals from...
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Sethe’s youngest child and the only one still with her at the time of Beloved’s return is Denver. Denver was not born into slavery, Sethe escaped while pregnant with her. As a result, Denver was born free but she still faced the consequences of slavery, specifically the need to claim something as solely hers. Denver’s relationship with Beloved shares some...
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In Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved, Morrison writes about the horrific events that take place for a former slave, Sethe, the protagonist, and her family. Morrison utilizes Biblical symbolism, allusions, and direct quotes to alleviate the reader’s understanding of the novel. These Biblical references implicate the spiritual faith of Sethe and her family. Morrison incorporates these literary devices to strengthen the...
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Stanislaus Katczinsky He is resourceful (can scrounge up sustenance in remote places), efficient, smart, and reliable, the boys listen/look up to him and trust his judgment. “I’m sure that if he were planted down in the middle of the desert, in half an hour he would have gathered together a supper of roast meat, dates, and wine.” (Remarque, {33}) [His...
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War is an experience that has physical and psychological damage on its victims. Many soldiers who have fought in war often become disconnected from their past lives and their loved ones. They may act in ways that may not seem appropriate or normal to people who have not experienced war but these actions are just the ramifications of the horrors...
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Chapter 1: Why is it Ironic that Kantorek refers to the men as the “Iron Youth”? The Irony in “Iron Youth” Kantorek refers to the men as “Iron Youth” because they are willing to do anything for their country. The “Iron Youth” describes a strong German man, who will fight to protect his country. When the men have read what...
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The title of the play itself is reminiscent of Shakespeare who wrote; ‘All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players.’.1 This sentiment is echoed throughout Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House. The protagonist Nora is herself a doll in a doll house, trapped in several ways constrained by her peers. She is confined by the conventions...
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Introduction Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House," published in 1879, is a revolutionary play that dissects the inner workings of a 19th-century marriage and challenges the societal norms surrounding gender roles. Within the narrative, Christine Linde emerges as a pivotal character whose interactions with the protagonist, Nora Helmer, provide critical insight into the themes of sacrifice, independence, and societal expectations. Christine,...
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In today’s society, especially starting from the 1900s and 2000s, with freedom and basic privileges, it is natural to overlook how notably far our society has advanced. Compared to the previous centuries there is a huge shift when it comes to equality of rights people have, primarily women. If we closely pay attention to the events that took place in...
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In Animal Farm, George Orwell attempts to lay bare the hypocrisy, brutality, and moral corruption at the heart of the Soviet Union under Stalin. At the time when Orwell wrote the book, a disturbingly high proportion of leftist intellectuals in Western Europe and the United States genuinely believed that the USSR was some kind of socialist utopia which provided an...
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The books read in class: All Quiet on the Western Front (by Erich Maria Remarque), and Things Fall Apart (by Chinua Achebe), are books that both demonstrate the different reasons why people engage in wars. People engage in wars for reasons such as their want to display patriotism, many others believe it is the right thing to do, and the...
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Being considered one of the most recognizable poets within American poetry Robert Frost offers the rhetorical question in his work “The Road Not Taken” (Poets.org). If I were asked about what the poem is about, I would reply in several words it is about life, choice, and regret. Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” speaks both about the inevitability of...
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Introduction 'All Quiet on the Western Front' is a poignant adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's seminal novel, offering a stark portrayal of the futility and devastation wrought by World War I. The film, directed by Lewis Milestone, captures the visceral horrors faced by soldiers on the front lines, while simultaneously providing a scathing critique of the romanticized view of war....
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Outline of the Story Kite Runner(2003) by Khaled Hosseini often reads like a fable, a parable of love, friendship, and above all redemption. Though it would be naive to limit the novel and its themes to just these three facets, Kite Runner is a lot more. The history of a troubled and savaged nation is told in miniature. The rise...
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Even though it was written 174 years ago, The Raven remains one of the greatest and most iconic works in the history of literature. This poem has impacted many pieces of work such as stories and movies from Poe’s time to the present. From the beginning of the narrative, Poe deliberately and skillfully draws the reader into a somber and...
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An unnamed man’s journey through the Yukon forest is an example of the ultimate test of determination and having the will to live. While traveling by himself with only a dog for company, the man thinks back to when an old man advised him against ever going out on the trail in temperatures below -50 degrees. The temperature now is...
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Voltaire once said, “Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do”. Every decision made in life is followed by a consequence. Guilt is one of the most frequent consequences in the novel, The Kite Runner. Khaled Hosseini depicts the cataclysmic ability of guilt to consume one’s life through the several relationships between Ali and Baba, Hassan...
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In the novel, 'All Quiet on the Western Front,' by Erich Maria Remarque, the author uses the character, Paul Baumer, to convey critiques of the military structure, and decisions. 'All Quiet on the Western Front,' is a novel about a young soldier named Paul who was enlisted at a young age to fight for his country, and later on, turned...
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Fiction is a powerful tool with which to express a truth or make a point. A juxtaposition of interconnected external and internal conflicts which affect the characters can be used to emphasize the importance of such a truth. In All Quiet on the Western Front, the author, Erich Maria Remarque, creates such a duality to great effect. Paul, the protagonist...
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