Written Text essay - Story
I am going to write a text analysis essay for the story All Quiet on the Western Front. My chosen essay topic is how you were positioned as a reader to think a certain way about an issue or issues by the creator of the written text.
I need to show my understanding of how the main idea of how the reader is positioned to think of the war in a negative way is presented in the story through the use of the theme underlying of the Brutality of War, the psychological impact the war has directly in Paul, the 'kill or be killed' way of thinking in Paul, and the horrific way the horses are left to suffer.
I will refer to specific quotations and incidents in the story to support my analysis.
I will also comment on the writer Erich Maria Remarque’s intentions and I will use the beyond the text strategy of relating to the outer world in order to show my own personal response and insight into the story.
Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front is a remarkable story of the German soldiers during world war I and focuses on Paul and his group of friends and family. We are positioned as a reader to think in a negative way …show more content…
One soldier says to Paul "If your father came over with them, you wouldn't hesitate to fling a bomb at him". This is showing how that because Paul is so focused on Killing anyone who comes from the opposition's side so that he can survive he wouldn't notice if he knew them or not. Paul, along with the other German soldiers are made to become mindless puppets. They have no knowledge of who they are killing and why. War has striped Paul and the other soldiers of knowing who they are, and of individual actions. They now act entirely for the war and must all follow the same strict rules which are enforced. None of this is right and most definitely enforces the Brutality of the