Do not be mislead by the deceptive title - the front was anything but quiet. ... Yet, Remarque was the only one to actually acknowledge this fact in writing, having witnessed the epic chaos of the front for months before sustaining injuries serious enough (from grenade splinters) to warrant sending him home. ... Remarque was clear in expressing the catalyst for Paul's arrival to the front lines: Kantorek. ... No one could foresee the horrors that lay in wait at the front; or, perhaps, simply no one wanted to. ... Using third-person narration, it is learned that Paul died in Octobe...

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The nature of the conflict also changed over the passing of time, changing from what was primarily a selfish war, fought by Britain against the growing ascendancy of the Central powers as a whole, and Germany especially, whom, by the eve of the war, were challenging Britain on virtually every front except finance, to the prevention of global domination by a single power. ... The war suddenly seeming ironically similar to the soldier in Disabled, (who) liked "a smear of blood down his leg to please his Meg" the poem showing at a stroke how effective the recruiting offices were in their quest f...

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People marveled at the sacrifice of the young generation and the old who could not make it to the war front sung in praise if the youth. ... The great and apparently endless lines of soldiers walking past Hitler, the devotion of government officials and numbers that portray greatness and power are just a few things that symbolize nationalism in the film. ...

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