All Quiet On The Western Front: A Critical Analysis

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David Coates said, “This is not our fight alone, nor is it our fight to lead.” The problems we are trying to fix should affect not just the US but also the countries around us. We should not stop being proud of our country but we also can't be stubborn. ISIS has threatened and attacked the United States and other countries as well. October 2016 This group of terrorists “downed a Russian passenger jet, killing all 224 people on board” (Karen). Two weeks after that a bus was driven through a crowd in Paris and “killed more than 100 people.”(Karen) These are only two instances these groups have directly attacked parts of the world. There are also many inspired killings for this radical group. We need to get together with these countries before …show more content…

He was a German Soldier the army during World War 1. He also wrote novels on the horrors of war. This is one of the memorable passages, “Then he opens his eyes. He must have heard me, for he gazes at me with a look of utter terror. The body lies still, but in the eyes there is such an extraordinary expression of fright that for a moment I think they have power enough to carry the body off with them. Hundreds of miles away with one bound. The body is still perfectly still, without a sound, the gurgle has ceased, but the eyes cry out, yell, all the life is gathered together in them for one tremendous effort to flee, gathered together there in a dreadful terror of death, of me.”(Remarque) The main character, Paul, had stabbed an enemy soldier who jumped into the place where he was taking shelter. It was an instinct and he thought it was the right thing to do at the moment. He began to realize that the enemy was a person and wondered what their life had been like. When drone attacks occur our soldiers are safe at the base they are stationed. It is like a video game. It doesn't seem as real as when you kill someone right in front of you. Many people, myself included, wouldn't be able to handle the

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