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All Quiet On The Western Front Film Analysis

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The horrors of World War I are shown in many media sources. From books to movies, World War I has been a big influence. One movie that does a significant job at depicting the war is, All Quiet On The Western Front. This movie follows the story of a German soldier named Paul Bäumer who unfortunately experiences the worst of the war. What the movie does a great job with showing is how the war itself caused the Roaring 20's, which was a time of great economic prosperity in the Western world. This issue is not the main point of the movie but when the connections are made, they ties to the Roaring 20's and the acts of World War I depicted in the movie are clear. Topics such as the cause of the economic growth, the countries experiencing a change of mind in their population, and how women began to get involved in working, and in society are eluded to indirectly by the movie. Europe experienced big losses in men, property, and even money as a result of the war. Paul Bäumer's story shows these losses through the dwindling numbers of men from every battle, and the loss of property, for example the graveyard which was completely destroy due to the battle. Europe had to repair its economy, and return from the war economy which was created to fight the war, and during this time of change and repair, the United States' economy experienced less competition …show more content…

Many men like Paul Bäumer wished the war would be over, but deep down thought it would never end. Once the war ended, or in Paul's case, when he died, everyone experienced a sense of relief, and for many the following years were those of good times. These good times lead to the Roaring 20's, especially in the United States, where the country experienced a win, and as a result a lot of workers felt better about their lives and worked

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Paul Bäumer is introduced as the main character in the novel, and the novel is told in his experience and his perspective. He starts the story off by explaining what happens during a daily life of a soldier at a war. He goes on to explains the amount of what they eat and a number of smoking supplies that they can have. He explains that the war that they are currently in, their supplies are rationed. He then explains that 14 days ago they had to go to the front line and to go to battle.

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Also it showed how war can make a man go crazy, like when Detering saw the cherry tree and thought of home and ran away. All Quiet on The Western Front also showed me how soldiers morale can go from being good, to being awful. Like when the German Emperor came to the front line, the men where sad when they found out he was little and with a weak voice. World War 1 could also be part of reason for the spanish flu, which many think is because of the artillery shells digging up so much dirt.

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World War 1 changed the United States by giving workers higher pay, and the industries that had been making the war supplies instead of the government getting the money they got to have it. Also new technology changed the United States after World War 1. The pay wage increased incredibly a lot especially after the 1920’s. The men and the women had plenty of money to enjoy life and do whatever they wanted unlike before World War 1.

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The narrator of All Quiet on the Western Front, Paul Baumer, loses his humanity in and through World War I. Baumer goes from a piteous young man to a stalwart soldier. The German veteran becomes incapable of expressing his feelings about the war. Baumer can no longer think of a future without war. He no longer fears death and treats it like it is nothing.

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The roaring twenties, the decade that followed World War I, led into the Great Depression the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the western industrialized world. The main conflict during this Depression was the altercations with foreign countries. foreign countries would come into the United States looking to make a sale, which they would sell their goods for a slighter better price than the American. That would lead to Americans seeking for business and low on income which made the Depression already worse. This led to foreigners stealing money that was suppose to go to the United States.

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