Storm of Steel Junger and All Quiet on the Western Front

How do Storm of Steel and All Quiet on the Western Front compare

Storm of Steel = transformative/mystical experience in finding utter happiness even in death VS. All Quiet on Western Front = dehumanizin, senseless horror

What does All Quiet on the Western Front portray in the soldiers

shell shock, pscyhological breakdown, man stripped of humanity —> wild beasts

What do the excerpts have in common

the details in gritty, ground level trench warfare

what was described to be more effective than bayonets

sharpened spades

what was a prevalent weapon in the excerpts

hand grenades 

What did the soldiers face in trench warfare

rats, gas, artillery shelling

Junger (the author of Storm of Steel) provides what perspective on the war

someone courted by the Right

Remarque, the author of All Quiet on the Western Front, portrays the perspective from

those being persecuted by the nazis

what does comparing these two perspectives show

the experience of the war was politicized and contributed directly to the ideological battles of the interwar period

What imagery is used in both the excerpts

imager of death

What symbol does All Quiet on the Western Front use in the opening to describe death

stack of hundred of new coffins placed near front lines as “preparation for the offensive”

What is the central theme of all quiet on the western front and storm of steel

a generation destroyed and alienated