All Quiet on the Western Front Created by Educational Technology Network. www.edtechnetwork.com 2009

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