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Ernst Jünger
Steel
Steel symbolizes the emergence of mechanized warfare during World War I, particularly the heightened destructiveness and lethality that such warfare creates. As an incredibly durable metal, steel was used to create many of the technologies…
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Death
Throughout Storm of Steel, Jünger often refers to Death in personified terms. Death has an uncanny, unpredictable character, symbolizing mortality’s defiance of human control. During his first morning on the front lines, Jünger witnesses…
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