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A 5 page essay that profiles Remarque's classic manifesto against war. The writer argues that Remarque contrasts the reality and horror of war against the nationalistic fervor of the public. His naturalistic writing style is emphasized. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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by government propaganda, and show the nature of combat in a realistic manner. Rather than being a glorious, patriotic endeavor, Remarques classic novel demonstrated to the world that war could
best be described as an absurd "experience for the common man, regardless of military rank or nationality" (Firda 31). Throughout the course of history, governments have endeavored to portray enemies
of the state as less than human and encourage a patriotic fervor that paints war as being filled with glory and honor. The harsh realities of war, the horror, the
shattered lives, have traditionally failed to penetrate public consciousness. Remarque was instrumental in demonstrating to the world the realities of war, as his narrative concentrates on the perspective of the
ordinary soldier in Germans World War I army. The narrative begins with the protagonist, Paul Baumer, sitting next to the hospital bed of a man in his battalion, a
friend from Baumers childhood. The injured man is nineteen. Amputation of his leg has failed to save his life, as there is no means to control gangrene. Therefore, one of
the first facts of war to which Remarque exposes his readers is that, even if a wounded man was lucky enough to reach a hospital and doctors, his chances for
survival were still slim. Background information on Baumer and his comrades is filled in through flashbacks. In this fashion, the reader sees Baumer as he once was before war
hardened and changed him. In school, his instructor, Kantorek, inspired Baumer and his classmates with high-sounding rhetoric that resounded with lofty concepts concerning patriotism and the nobility of personal sacrifice.
Later, Baumer realizes that his instructor took advantage of his position to sway his idealistic students toward enlistment. In a letter from Kantorek, the instructor still refers to the
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