All Quiet on the Western Front - Blog # 3

Please read 199 – 229 and respond to the prompts below in complete sentences.  Use quotes when stipulated.

1.            Where do we see an example of “understatement” on Pg. 99?  Cite the example.

2.            Cite the quote that best describes Paul’s sense of home or belonging.

3.            Who is the Kaiser?

4.            What’s the difference between “Fatherland” and “Country”, “People” and the “State”.

5.            How is war like a fever?  Use a quote as support.

6.            What do they have to do with the new uniforms in the end?  Why?

7.            “Comrades.” Pg. 212. Discuss. Use a quote as support 3-5 sentences.

8.            At first Paul does not kill a man… he kills an ________________.  Explain this. Have                   we seen it before in the novel?

9.            At the end of this section, does Paul feel closer or distanced from the enemy?  Use a             quote as support.

All Quiet on the Western Front Blog # 2

Please respond to the following prompts.  Use quotes when stipulated.
Due: Friday, 3.9 (before class).


1.  Why does Kat not shoot the injured soldier?  What would you have done if you had been there?

2.  How many die in the bombardment? Use quote as support.

3.  On Pg. 74, "monotonously" is repeated several times.  Why?  How can this word be applied to the larger context of war?

4.  How do they kill lice and how does Haie plan on using them?

5.  Who is arriving at the front? Use a quote as support.

6.  Why does Haie enjoy being in the army?

7.  Why does Tjaden not worry about going to "the clink", or jail?

8.  What did school not teach these soldiers?  Use a quote as support.