Part one of term paper
"Good literature substitutes for an experience that we have not ourselves lived through" This quote simply means that a well written book can spark someone’s imagination so much, that they are able to live through events which they in reality have not. They become so in touch with the books characters and story, that they can have a great ...

Part two of term paper
... writing this book was to display the hidden costs of war. The physical aspects of death and wounds did not begin to show the mental anguish that the soldiers experienced during and after the war. He hoped to show the results of war on an entire generation; a loss of innocence in life which those who were once soldiers could never replace. Remarque's message came across very clearly. There were constant tragedies which forced Paul or the other soldiers to question war and become detached from civili ...