Blog # 3 - All Quiet on the Western Front

Please respond to the following prompts in complete sentences.  Use quotes when stipulated.

1.Paul’s attitude toward the enemy in this section is best described as one of _________________.

2. How would you describe the diction and style of this section of text? Use quotes as support.

3. It can be inferred by Paul’s behavior toward the soldier that __________________.

4. What atmosphere or mood is established on pg. 223?

5. What can we infer from the 5^th  paragraph on pg. 239? Use quotes as support.

6. What does the author want to encourage in the reader?

7. What ambiguity does the speaker develop in the 3^rd paragraph on pg. 216?

8. Why is the following quote remarkable?  Think of word play.

            “Burning houses stand out like torches against the night.  Shells lumber across and crash down.  Munition columns tear along the street” (237).  

Blog # 2 - All Quiet on the Western Front

Please read Ch. 6 and respond to the following prompts.  Use complete sentences and quotes when stipulated.


1.  In No Mans Land we see nature surviving.  Cite two examples.  How does this comment on man and war and their relationship to the earth?

2.  "Between five and ten recruits fall to every old hand" (131).  Why?  Cite three examples.

3.  How does Himmelstoss react in battle?  Why is the reader inclined to be more judgmental of him?  Is this fair?

4.  Despite its tendency to be a Realist novel, Ch. 6 has distinct Romantic overtones.  Cite the best example you can find.

5.  The man in No Man Land who is injured cries in three stages.  What are they?

6.  This novel can be read as the struggle between an individual and greater forces.  Some of those forces might be: technology (think of weaponry), social conventions (peer pressure), institutions or politics.

7. Powerful quote?  Yes or no?  Why?  "...no uniform was ever made to these childish measurements" (130).

8.  There are numerous quotes to be examined in this chapter.  Select one of your favorites and do so.

Due: Tuesday, 2.14

All Quiet on the Western Front - Blog # 1

Respond to the following prompts in complete sentences.  Use quotes when stipulated.
1.  How does Tjaden kill lice and what does he plan to do with them?  What is the singular of lice?

2.  How did Himmelstoss end up at the front?  Use a quote as support.

3.  For Haie, is going home much better than war?  Use a quote as support.

4.  What is Detering's profession?  What does he worry about?  How is this polar opposite to war?

5.  Why was Tjaden not worried about his argument with Himmelstoss?

6.  On pages 84-85, contrast book smarts vs. street smarts.  Use a quote to explain.

7.  How does Kropp predict the idea of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and compare it to a sock?

8.  Explicate the following quote: "We know how to do that: to play cards, to swear, and to fight.  Not much for twenty years; - and yet too much for twenty years" (89). How does antithesis work to make this such a powerful sentence?

9.  The "front" is opposite to the "parade ground".  Explain.

10.  Paul and Kat would normally never have anything in common.  How does the war change this and how is it ironic?


Due: Thursday, 2.9

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