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all quiet on the western front
Title: all quiet on the western front
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 3030 | Pages: 12.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
all quiet on the western front
Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front, a novel set in World War I, centers around the
changes
wrought by the war on one young German soldier. During his time in the war, Remarque’s protagonist, Paul
Baumer, changes from a rather innocent Romantic to a hardened and somewhat caustic veteran. More
importantly, during the course of this metamorphosis, Baumer disaffiliates himself from those societal
icons—parents, elders, school, religion—that had …showed first 75 words of 3030 total…
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to do so. Moreover, Baumer renounces his brotherhood sentiments: "Today you, tomorrow me" (Remarque, All
Quiet IX. 197). Soon, Baumer admits, "I think no more of the dead man, he is of no consequence to me now"
(Remarque, All Quiet IX. 198). And later, to hedge his bets in case there happens to be justice in the
universe,
Baumer states, "Now merely to avert any ill-luck, I babble mechanically: ‘I will fulfill everything,
fulfill everything
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