I think the most obvious message is that the life of German soldiers was more horrifying than you might think. Most of the time you hear of heroic acts done by the winning side. Seldom are the sickening details of what the other people faced revealed. In addition to the main message, I believe the author wants the readers to realize that these soldiers not only endured physical pain but also emotional and psychological problems that they were left to deal with their entire life. That is, if they survived.
It was then that Paul realized the true agonies of war—surviving the agony of war forces one to learn to disconnect oneself from emotions like grief, sympathy, and fear. All of these conditions combined greatly affected the mental and physical health of the soldiers in World War
The men and the dead bodies spread around many diseases, trench foot was especially common among diseases that were caused by standing in muddy and water filled trenches. Paul is the main character in All Quiet on the Western Front. Him and his friends all enlisted in the army when they were 19. When they got to the trenches they met a man named Kat who was much older then them and who quickly became close friends with Paul. Even thought some soldiers survived the shellings and gas, they were still destroyed by the war.
The poet is saying that people should not talk about war as enthusiastically as it gives the impression that war is glorious. Furthermore, he says that the idea that ’it is sweet and right’ to die for your country is entirely untrue. Through this, we are able to form the opinion that war is not okay because it is a serious thing that carries many negative consequences. In Wilfred Owen’s poem Dolce et Decorum est, the use of similes conveys the harsh reality of war on soldiers as it changes them dramatically and kills the majority of them. In the first two lines of the poem, Owen uses the similes “Bent double like old beggars under sacks, knocked kneed, coughing like hags” to paint a grim picture in readers minds of how the soldiers were.
This incredible war story shows us that, even though they display great bravery and valour in battle, the only thing young men who fight in wars accomplish is an early death. The novel talks about many soldiers dying. So many of these soldiers are dead, that in the trenches they can smell the stench of rotting flesh, as the dead men often do not get buried. Those young men lying out in No Man’s Land, unburied, all went to war for the same reason, to prove that they were brave, not cowardly, and to fight for their country. All they end up doing though is becoming another casualty, another statistic, dying in a war that had no real reason.
This pathos describes how Lincoln would care for his people and how he would put the task of helping the people suffering from the war first, serving as a strong pathos since it is not only emotionally affecting his people, but also encouraging and giving them hope. The war destroyed millions of families. Lincoln in the first place gave his attention on healing the people and their families, instead of describing how beautiful the future would be and giving unrealistic assumptions This pathos and ethos made people, no matter the North or the South, to feel that they are in unity. Both sides were suffering the same war and urged to end it, while they shared a same religion. God plays an important role to connect the people together, which enhances Lincoln’s credibility in his speech besides his position as a president and occasion of this speech.
Through the construction of the novel All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque has created a very effective anti-war novel. Through the construction of the novel All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque has created a very effective anti-war novel. It is not a story of bravery, and as the book states at the start, it is ‘intended neither as an accusation nor as a confession, but simply as an attempt to give an account of a generation who did not know what they were fighting for and how so many young men were destroyed by the war. The story is told in the 1st person for maximum impact through the eyes of Paul Baumer who describes the hardships endured during the war such as the harsh conditions, the futility for the reasons behind the fighting, the emotions towards the enemy, the killing of innocent young boys and animals, the disconnect with their own families, and the realisation that their lives would never be the same again. Remarque uses one of the earlier scenes of the innocent dying horses as a symbol of the loss of innocent young men who were torn away from their families.
Corporal Himmelstoss abused his power by forcing Paul and his friends to continually do pointless drills. These drills were not teaching discipline, Himmelstoss made the boys do such physically intense drills because he simply disliked them. For example,, Himmelstoess finds out that Tjaden has a bed wetting problem and decides to fix it. He makes Tjaden bunk with another solider, Kindervater, who also wets his bed. Because of the soldier’s bad habits, the person who slept on the bottom bunk would wake up in the morning covered in the others pee, which became extremely unhealthy.
Me and my classmates were fed all those great examples of people fighting during Second World War sacrificing their lives and not even dare to look for any kind of reward other then admitting them into “hero ranks” of their “great” country. Fighting for reward was not hero like behavior. I realize though that this understanding of hero was more due to the norms and obligations of certain time and society. In “The Iliad” hero is noted for his courage and strength and desire to fight especially if they risk their life or put it in any kind of danger. But at the same time Homer also pays great attention to rewards, heroes get for their fighting.
However her commitment to the business of war will cost her family. In other words the war took back what it provided to the protagonist. Brecht´s play suggests that in times of war justice isn´t a big concern. Author puts a slight hope in the play that innocence can triumph over brutality of the war. Sacrificial death of Kattrin is the symbol of all good things, like love and hope, but also symbolizes the destruction of innocence by war.