Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 371 views

    Written Task 2 Based On All Quiet On The Western Front PDF

    Uploaded by

    floramather
    This document provides an outline for an essay analyzing how the novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque might differ if it had been written for a pro-war audience rather than as a critique of war. It discusses the post-WWI context in Germany, the purpose of Remarque's novel, and how a pro-war version may have portrayed the soldiers' experiences and deaths as glorious rather than tragic. The document also analyzes how the Nazis likely banned the book because it questioned military leadership and undermined myths glorifying war that were useful for future conflicts.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Written Task 2 Based On All Quiet On The Western Front PDF

    Uploaded by

    floramather
    371 views5 pages
    This document provides an outline for an essay analyzing how the novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque might differ if it had been written for a pro-war audience rather than as a critique of war. It discusses the post-WWI context in Germany, the purpose of Remarque's novel, and how a pro-war version may have portrayed the soldiers' experiences and deaths as glorious rather than tragic. The document also analyzes how the Nazis likely banned the book because it questioned military leadership and undermined myths glorifying war that were useful for future conflicts.

    Original Description:

    Exemplar

    Original Title

    Written Task 2 based on All Quiet on the Western Front.pdf

    Copyright

    © Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    This document provides an outline for an essay analyzing how the novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque might differ if it had been written for a pro-war audience rather than as a critique of war. It discusses the post-WWI context in Germany, the purpose of Remarque's novel, and how a pro-war version may have portrayed the soldiers' experiences and deaths as glorious rather than tragic. The document also analyzes how the Nazis likely banned the book because it questioned military leadership and undermined myths glorifying war that were useful for future conflicts.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    371 views5 pages

    Written Task 2 Based On All Quiet On The Western Front PDF

    Uploaded by

    floramather
    This document provides an outline for an essay analyzing how the novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque might differ if it had been written for a pro-war audience rather than as a critique of war. It discusses the post-WWI context in Germany, the purpose of Remarque's novel, and how a pro-war version may have portrayed the soldiers' experiences and deaths as glorious rather than tragic. The document also analyzes how the Nazis likely banned the book because it questioned military leadership and undermined myths glorifying war that were useful for future conflicts.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 5

    If All Quiet on the Western

    Front had been written for a


    pro war audience how and
    why might it differ?
    English
    Word count: 982

















    2

    Outline
    The prescribed question is: If the text had been written in a different time or place or language
    or for a different audience, how and why might it differ?
    The title of the text for analysis is: All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
    The part of the course to which the task refers: Part III Texts and Contexts
    Points that explain the focus of the essay:
    ! Explore the post WWI milieu in Germany
    ! Explain the purpose of Remarque writing the novel as a critique of war by showing the
    unnecessary waste of a generation of young men
    ! Explore the accusatory tone that Remarque adopts towards the German Government and
    war leaders
    ! Explain the way in which the novel conflicted with social attitudes towards war and the
    way in which war was increasingly glorified by the political right




















    S


    Following defeat in World War I, Germany was a divided nation. The once great German
    Empire had been brought to its knees after a series of disastrous military campaigns. Allied
    blockades against Germany had created dramatic food shortages on the home front. Many
    believed that victory in war was the only way to alleviate increasing levels of starvation. (Evans,
    p. 14). Failure by the German military to honestly report weaknesses and losses in the field
    meant that surrender, when it eventually came, was a shock to many. Disillusioned in losing
    what had been sold to the public as a defensive war and harshly penalized by the Treaty of
    Versailles, many Germans felt bitterness towards the Western powers and the enemies within
    that they saw as being responsible
    1
    . War became a focus for romanticized nationalism and was
    increasingly viewed by the political right as the way to deal with the social and economic
    difficulties confronting post-war Germany. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria
    Remarque tells the story of Paul Bumer, a young soldier who enlists in war with blind patriotic
    fervour. He comes to realise that the sacrificed lives of his generation was a cynical gamble for
    power on the part of Germanys leaders. It harshly critiques the leadership of the German
    military. The ultimate death of Paul, as with so many of his generation, represents the futility of
    war. Had it been written for a pro war purpose, the same story of Paul would not have
    emphasised the struggles and tragedy of war but rather the glorious martyrdom of German
    soldiers in defense of their nation.
    Sample body paragraph
    Remarque aimed to underscore the waste of an entire generation through war whose needless
    sacrifice was a tragedy. Paul reflects, I am young, I am twenty yeais of age; but I know nothing of
    life except uespaii, ueath, feai, anu the combination of completely minuless supeificiality with an
    abyss of suffeiing' (Remaique, p. S8). The loss of millions of young men annihilating one anothei
    iobbeu them of the oppoitunity to expeiience life, to enjoy the benefits of theii euucation anu
    matuie emotional anu psychologically. Insteau these men, when not victims of massacie aie
    vaiiously uesciibeu as 'olu men', even 'ueau men alive' (Remaique, pp. S8, 17S). They aie shauows
    of theii foimei selves anu unable even to compiehenu the lives they might have liveu without wai.
    Bau this novel been wiitten foi a pio wai auuience, these men woulu have founu gieat puipose anu
    satisfaction in a meaningful ciusaue in which ueath anu loss weie outweigheu by the iewaius of
    gloiious seivice. Insteau of men shown as 'being uiiven against one anothei, anu silently,
    uncompiehenuingly, foolishly, obeuiently anu innocently killing one anothei', these men woulu have
    unueistoou not only what they weie fighting foi but also felt tiue enmity against those they weie
    fighting (Remaique, p. 274). The scene wheie Paul beseeches of the Fienchman he has killeu,
    'Foigive me, comiaue, how coulu you be my enemy.' woulu not be possible. Remaique emphasises
    the common humanity of all soluieis on all siues anu laments the iecklessness of all the waiiing
    nations. Bowevei, a pio wai text woulu paint encounteis with foieign soluieis in way that left the
    auuience in no uoubt of the physical anu moial supeiioiity of the ueimans anu the iighteousness of
    uestioying the enemy.
    !"#$%&'("#
    Banneu by the Nazis, it is cleai that the political iight weie caieful to ensuie that the ueiman public
    weie not exposeu to haiiowing accounts of wai such as !"" $%&'( )* (+' ,'-('.* /.)*(. Such novels
    that ieflecteu the giim expeiience of soluieis anu questioneu the competence of goveinment anu
    militaiy weie a thieat to futuie wai plans anu a national myth of the viitue of stiuggle. The giaphic

    1
    The Socialist politicians who weie foiceu to sign the Tieaty of veisailles became vilifieu as
    peipetiating a 'stab in the back' against the ueiman people foi acquiescing to such humiliating
    teims.
    4
    uetail, uoleful setting anu iepiesentative chaiacteis all cieate a ueeply pessimistic view of the
    uestiuction of an entiie geneiation foi enus that ulitmately coulu not be justifieu. Although a
    fictional account, Remaique's novel speaks tiuths about the natuie of wai anu the effect upon
    soluieis. These tiuths weie silenceu anu insteau ieplaceu with images of honoui anu exaltation.
    Publicly buineu, peihaps the gieatest tiageuy was not what the book containeu but the fact that its
    contents weie censoieu anu its puipose not iealiseu. Peihaps if liteiatuie such as this novel hau
    been available to the ueiman people, the gloiious myths of wai that fuelleu young men into enlisting
    foi WWII might not have been so convincing oi peisuasive.


























    S



    Bibliography
    Evans Richard. The Coming of the Third Reich. London: Penguin. 2007.
    Goethe William J. Review of All Quiet on the Western Front. Poppyfield Literature Quarterly.
    October 2009. pp. 87-101.
    Remarque Erich Maria. All Quiet on the Western Front. London: Vintage. 1996.

    You might also like