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    <title>All Quiet on the Western Front Group at eNotes</title>
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        <title><![CDATA[I think the hardest part was in fact the time he spent away from the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I think the hardest part was in fact the time he spent away from the front.  When he tried to fit back into society he felt like an outsider. An example is when he could not read his own books that he cherished before.  I also believe the only thing that could possiblyconsole him was being around other men at the front.  They all related to one another and were bound by the horrors of the war. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 21:57:35 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[baesd on pauls description of the front, what part of the expierence do...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[baesd on pauls description of the front, what part of the expierence do you think would be the hardest to bear? What could provide consolation?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 21:08:48 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This is an enormous question, but I'll try to give you some pointers...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This is an enormous question, but I'll try to give you some pointers toward some of the main ideas.Paul and his friends truly believed Kantorek when the teacher first gave them the line about being the &quot;Iron Youth,&quot; which is why so many of them voluntarily signed up to fight, and which is why they all pressured Behm to go along with them to the recruitment office. They buy all the propaganda about Germany just protecting itself from...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:23:07 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What were Paul and his buddies' views about who started the war, and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What were Paul and his buddies' views about who started the war, and what were their personal views about the war?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:45:16 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[It is clear that the boys joined up at the intense urging of their...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It is clear that the boys joined up at the intense urging of their schoolmaster, Kantorek; as well, the adults in their lives, such as their parents, all stressed the glory of joining up and the duty that the boys had to their country. It is telling that the first one to die, Joseph Behm, was the one who held out the longest from being convinced to join. The fact that Remarque makes this point is evidence that he believes the youths were...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:15:34 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[All Quiet on the Western Front is a coming of age story of the youth of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[All Quiet on the Western Front is a coming of age story of the youth of the 1910's. The students, Paul and his classmates, Muller, Kropp and Leer joined the army at the urging of their schoolmaster, Kantorek.  The schoolmaster is among those of the older generation who encouraged the boys to sign up for the army. Many adults, parents included, encouraged enlistment, even going so far as to call the boys cowards if they did not. As the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:20:37 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why did the students join the Army in All Quiet on the Western Front? ]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why did the students join the Army in All Quiet on the Western Front? ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:07:16 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Himmelstoss serves as a tyrant-like figure who seeks personal pleasure...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Himmelstoss serves as a tyrant-like figure who seeks personal pleasure from seeing those placed into his basic training platoon suffer greatly. He claims that everything they are doing is due to the war effort--a preparatory push for all of the things they are likely to see and experience while at the front line. However, he does something inappropriate later in the novel (around chapter 5) in which his commanding officers dismiss him from his...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2008 04:03:44 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Haie Westhus dies a bloody and painful death in the midst of battle in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Haie Westhus dies a bloody and painful death in the midst of battle in the trenches.  Paul is with him, and describes his death: &quot;Haie Westhus drags off with a great wound in his back through which the lung pulses at every breath.  I can only press his hand;  'It's all up, Paul,' he groans and he bites his arm because of the pain&quot; (Chapter 6).When the battle is over, only thirty-two men remain in Paul's Company.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:37:14 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I agree with both answers, but would add that AQWF also was an...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I agree with both answers, but would add that AQWF also was an embarrassment for Germany. The soldiers were abandoned for all intents and purposes, left to use machinery that was actually killing their own soldiers: shells were being fired from guns that were so ineffectual and/or broken down they would land on the German soldiers and not even make it to the enemy territory. The novel describes the deplorable conditions that the soldiers...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:36:38 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Also important is Remarque's position that if the generals and other...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Also important is Remarque's position that if the generals and other higher-ups who are responsible for sending boys off to die were themselves forced to actually fight in the trenches, the war would be over very quickly. War gives power, ultimate power to decide the fate of others, to men who have no problem sending boys off against insurmountable odds to die terrible deaths. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:30:35 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The change in Himmelstoss' character also serves to illustrate the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The change in Himmelstoss' character also serves to illustrate the difference between the empty talk of those not actually fighting in the trenches, and the nightmarish reality for those who do. Himmelstoss is all bark and no bite; but then again, very few have a bite left for very long once they are exposed to the insane conditions of the front lines. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:27:40 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[At the beggining of the war, what factor does Himmelstoss play?What...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[At the beggining of the war, what factor does Himmelstoss play?What change in character can be noted later from the training camps to the batterfield?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:52:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[According to the text in All Quiet on the Western Front, how does war...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[According to the text in All Quiet on the Western Front, how does war empower petty, power-hungry men? ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:07:37 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[im having the exact same problem, im halfway done with my outline but im...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[im having the exact same problem, im halfway done with my outline but im stuck and i cant think of anything else to write. if you come accross any solutions please IM me.....&nbsp;my sn is&nbsp;jessm1991]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:04:11 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How did Haie Westhus die?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How did Haie Westhus die?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 21:29:15 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In order to answer this question I would have to know which movie...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In order to answer this question I would have to know which movie version you are talking about. There are several and I am only familiar in depth with one.  There was a black and white version in 1930 and another more modern one in 1979.  I think there is even a newer one.  Please post the question again with which version.

I am only familiar with the 1930 version which remains fairly true to the plot line of the book as it ends with Paul...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 7 May 2007 12:22:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Can someone please compare and contrast the movie and book of "All Quiet...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Can someone please compare and contrast the movie and book of "All Quiet on the Western Front"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 6 May 2007 19:11:17 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Nazis rejected All Quiet on the Western Front because the book...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Nazis rejected All Quiet on the Western Front because the book clearly showed the brutality of war and its effect on both soldiers and the civilians left behind.  The young Germans enlisted with eagerness and enthusiasm with a desire to proclaim their support for the Fatherland and of a master race.  The realities of war were in sharp contrast.  Remarque’s most clear example of that came in the scene where Paul was forced to stay in a...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:43:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Because the book tells of a generation of men who were destroyed by the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Because the book tells of a generation of men who were destroyed by the war (WWI). Protagonist-narrator Paul Baumer traces war's effects on him and his classmates who patriotically enlisted en masse to fight for Germany, their Fatherland. Once into battle, however, they lose their patriotic illusions as well as their limbs, eyes, and even lives.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:55:50 PST</pubDate>
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