Summary Of Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet On The...

In Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front in Remarque uses all kinds of symbols, the newly built coffins, representing the death of all the fallen soldiers and how it could be them next, and also the symbol of the butterflies bringing hope, and life to the front. One use of symbolism that the reader finds very meaningful is when Remarque wrote “Stacked up against its longer side is a high double wall of yellow, unpolished, brand new coffins” (99). The coffins symbolize how the soldiers could have months, days, hours, or even minutes left of their lives. With the use of the coffins, it really emphasises on how the boys can’t take their life or any life for granted. Everyday there are new coffins coming in and more coffins going

Show More

Summary Of Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet On The Western Front