All Quiet on the Western Front Characters WWI

Characters WWI Plot II Figurative Language 10 10 10 20 20 20 30 30

• This individual was a peasant and deserted at the end of the

• This individual died in the hospital after an amputation. Paul had to

• Kemmerich • His watch: symbolic of time

• This individual was a middle aged member of Paul’s unit. He was

• This individual was a post man turned commander that made his recruits

• This individual carries around his textbooks and asks a dying soldier for

• Where on the Western Front does the novel take place?

• Name a country that was part of the Axis Powers.

• Name one way stalemate was created in the war.

• Trench warfare • New military technologies

• Name two conditions of trench warfare we saw in the novel.

• • • Trench foot Rats and lice Front line madness Insomnia Anxiety

• Name two things the men in Paul’s unit wanted to do when

• • Go home to their mothers Eat a good meal Sleep in

• What is an epigraph? • Double: What did Remarque say in his

• At the introduction of a literary work • Introduces theme. • Not

• Explain the term “Iron Youth” and who labeled Paul such.

• Strong and invincible, but in reality they were old men. Kantorek.

• How did Kat and Kropp disagree on war?

• Equality vs. Power • Equal food and pay vs leaders fighting in

• Name two friends Paul lost to war and how they died.

• What emotion did Paul feel on leave and give one example to

• Overwhelmed. • Guilty • Strange and out of place

• Throughout the novel, Paul argues that war dehumanizes a man, causing him

• Paul describes his daydreams as calm and quiet. What two places does

• Name a theme found in the book. Give an example of where

• What was Paul’s life like before the war and how did that

• Limitlessness vs. Order/discipline • Went from a thoughtful student to a trained

• Even his voice sounds like ashes…[His nails] grow and grow, just like

• Our thoughts are clay, they are molded with the changes of the

• Our hands are earth, our bodies are clay and our eyes are

• Summer of 1918—Never has life in its niggardliness seemed to us so

• The air becomes acrid with the smoke of the guns and the

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All Quiet on the Western Front

Characters WWI Plot II Figurative Language 10 10 10 20 20 20 30 30 30 40 40 40 50 50 50

• This individual was a peasant and deserted at the end of the war. • Double: what made him leave?

• Detering • Cherry tree

• This individual died in the hospital after an amputation. Paul had to tell his mother. • Double: what was this individual worried he had lost?

• Kemmerich • His watch: symbolic of time

• This individual was a middle aged member of Paul’s unit. He was a cobbler in civilian life and served as a mentor to a lot of the young soldiers.

• Kat

• This individual was a post man turned commander that made his recruits run through snow and repeat drills.

• Himmelstoss

• This individual carries around his textbooks and asks a dying soldier for his boots.

• Muller

• Where on the Western Front does the novel take place?

• France

• Name a country that was part of the Axis Powers.

• Turkey • Germany • Austria-Hungary

• Name one way stalemate was created in the war.

• Trench warfare • New military technologies

• Name two conditions of trench warfare we saw in the novel.

• • • Trench foot Rats and lice Front line madness Insomnia Anxiety PTSD

• What years did WWI occur?

• 1914 -1918

• Name two things the men in Paul’s unit wanted to do when the war was over. Double: why was this ironic?

• • Go home to their mothers Eat a good meal Sleep in a comfortable bed Get drunk • Irony: these a simple things, not representative of the dreams and potential young men should actually have

• What is an epigraph? • Double: What did Remarque say in his epigraph?

• At the introduction of a literary work • Introduces theme. • Not an adventure, accusation • Written for people who lost Their lives but survived.

• Explain the term “Iron Youth” and who labeled Paul such.

• Strong and invincible, but in reality they were old men. Kantorek.

• How did Kat and Kropp disagree on war?

• Equality vs. Power • Equal food and pay vs leaders fighting in a bull ring.

• Name two friends Paul lost to war and how they died.

• What emotion did Paul feel on leave and give one example to support your claim.

• Overwhelmed. • Guilty • Strange and out of place

• Throughout the novel, Paul argues that war dehumanizes a man, causing him to act more like a what? • Double: in Ch 6 Remarque uses an extended metaphor describing the front as a _______?

• Animal

• Paul describes his daydreams as calm and quiet. What two places does his mind wander to?

• Cathedral • Poplar Avenue

• Name a theme found in the book. Give an example of where it can be seen.

• What was Paul’s life like before the war and how did that compare to when he got to training camp. • Double: explain the allusion of Paul’s play.

• Limitlessness vs. Order/discipline • Went from a thoughtful student to a trained animal.

• Even his voice sounds like ashes…[His nails] grow and grow, just like grass in a good soil. • Double: who is being discussed?

• simile

• Our thoughts are clay, they are molded with the changes of the days; -- when we are resisting they are good; under fire, they are dead.

• metaphor

• Our hands are earth, our bodies are clay and our eyes are pools of rain.

• metaphor

• Summer of 1918—Never has life in its niggardliness seemed to us so desirable as now’…Summer of 1918—Never was so much so silently suffered as in the moment when we depart once again for the front-line.

• Repetition

• The air becomes acrid with the smoke of the guns and the fog. The fumes of powder taste bitter on the tongue. The roar of the guns makes our lorry stagger, the reverberation rolls raging away to the rear, everything quakes.

• Imagery • Sensory language