Beauty (WR#1)

The author of All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque, really demonstrates the brutality of war with beautiful syntax. Page nine says, "Around us stretches the flowery meadow. The grasses sway their tall spears; the white butterflies flutter around and float on the soft warm wind of the late summer." The structure of syntax and the beauty of writing reminded me of Golding's writing style in Lord of the Flies. To take something so harmful, brutal, disgusting, etc. and make it sound pretty and comforting adds a huge effect on the reader. The feeling of comfort in such a terrible situation, makes it feel like this terrible situation is a good thing, even though it may not be.