In Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front", the main character Paul Baumer who is 18 years old, is sent to the western front along with his classmates to fight against France for his homeland, Germany. He and his friends go through a range of typical war experiences: the death of a comrade, the terror of gunfire, the abuse by their officers. Remarque as well as Paul hates everything about the war: its worthlessness, the lives of young people that it destroys or the innocent people that it kills. Throughout the whole book, the author depicts this hatred in many different ways.
The most common way Remarque shows his hatred is by using the scheme of the novel. He often does this by describing the death of Paul's close friends or by describing the sickness of his mother. A good example of this is the death of Paul's friend Kemmerich. It can be felt how terrible the death of innocent people is while reading Kemmerich's response to Paul convincing him that he will survive the operation, "I don't think so." Remarque now uses phrases to chow how not cool is the war in reality.
Another way of displaying hatred is by describing the gunfire, the hundreds of dead bodies left on the battlefield or the No Man’s Land. "The deadly sound of gas-shells mingles with the crashes of the high explosives. A bell sounds between the explosions, gongs and metal warn everyone -Gas - Gas - Gas", (p.65). The horrors of the war which some people say can't be described are visualized in this sentence to precise details, and so creating a setting that speaks for itself. Even without any plot and characters it would still be as terrifying and would still show Remarque's hate. Remarque's style is also very important in describing his hatred. His style is actually a mix of many different styles. He uses a lot of figurative language and many soldier jargon words, which help the reader to understand the soldier’s life better. Remarque is a very descriptive and poetic...
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