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| 18509. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930) AND SERGEANT YORK (1941). This paper compares two films on World War I, which convey entirely different messages about war. All Quiet on the Western Front is an antiwar film, emphasizing the idea that it is a mistake to glorify war in the name of patriotism. Sergeant York expresses the idea that it is permissible to fight in a war, even if you are morally opposed to killing, as long as you’re fighting for a just cause. The message of Sergeant York is found to be inferior to that of All Quiet on the Western Front because it is inconsistent and it emphasizes patriotic and nationalistic values rather than a common morality for humankind. KEYWORDS: war film patriotism pacifism. MLA Style. 7 pages, 9 footnotes, 6 bibliographic sources. 1,771 words. |
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