1. All Quiet on the Western Front Chapter 5
March 16

2. Warm-Up
When Kat stands in front of the hut and says: "There'll be a bombardment," that is merely his own opinion; but if he says it here, then the sentence has the sharpness of a bayonet in the moonlight, it cuts clean through the thought, it thrusts nearer and speaks to this unknown tiling that is awakened in us, a dark meaning--"There'll be a bombardment."
What is the author’s use of imagery designed to convey to the reader?
Why do you believe this is so?

3. Homework- Block 5 READ CHAPTER 5 OF ALL QUIET P. 51-74
ANSWER THE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 5
Tues: Group 4 – Teaching Chapter 6
Thurs: Group 5 – Teaching Chapter 7

4. Homework- Block 7 READ CHAPTER 5 OF ALL QUIET P. 51-74
ANSWER THE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 5
Tues: Group 4 – Teaching Chapter 6
Thurs: Group 6 – Teaching Chapter 7

5. “To no man does the earth mean so much as to the soldier
“To no man does the earth mean so much as to the soldier. When he presses himself down upon her long and powerfully, when he buries his face and his limbs deep in her from the fear of death by shell-fire, then she is his only friend, his brother, his mother; he stifles his terror and his cries in her silence and her security; she shelters him and releases him for ten seconds to live, to run, ten seconds of life; receives him again and often for ever” (Remarque 55).
1. What examples of figurative language does the author utilize? 2. What might be the reason for the author using these techniques? 3. What is ironic about the role of “earth” in this chapter?

6. Irony?
A splinter slashes into my helmet, but has already travelled so far that it does not go through. I wipe the mud out of my eyes. A hole is torn up in front of me. Shells hardly ever land in the same hole twice, I'll get into it. With one lunge, I shoot as flat as a fish over the ground; there it whistles again, quickly I crouch together, claw for cover, feel something on the left, shove in beside it, it gives way, I groan, the earth leaps, the blast thunders in my ears, I creep under the yielding thing, cover myself with it, draw it over me, it is wood, cloth, cover, cover, miserable cover against the whizzing splinters. I open my eyes--my fingers grasp a sleeve, an arm. A wounded man? I yell to him--no answer--a dead man. My hand gropes farther, splinters of wood--now I remember again that we are lying in the graveyard. But the shelling is stronger than everything. It wipes out the sensibilities, I merely crawl still farther under the coffin, it shall protect me, though Death himself lies in it.

7. An Act of Mercy?
“We see a dark group, bearers with stretchers, and larger black clumps moving about. Those are the wounded horses. But not all of them. Some gallop away in the distance, fall down, and then run on farther. The belly of one is ripped open, the guts trail out. He becomes tangled in them and falls, then he stands up again”. “One of the men goes down on one knee, a shot--one horse drops--another. The last one props itself on its forelegs and drags itself round in a circle like a merry-go-round; squatting, it drags round in circles on its stiffened forelegs, apparently its back is broken. The soldier runs up and shoots it. Slowly, humbly, it sinks to the ground”.

8. Same Difference?
”If he has been hit in the stomach he oughtn't to drink anything. There's no vomiting, that's a good sign. We lay the hip bare. It is one mass of mincemeat and bone splinters. The joint has been hit. This lad won't walk any more. I wet his temples with a moistened finger and give him a swig. His eyes move again. We see now that the right arm is bleeding as well”. Kat looks around and whispers: "Shouldn't we just take a revolver and put an end to it?" The youngster will hardly survive the carrying, and at the most he will only last a few days. What he has gone through so far is nothing to what he's in for till he dies. Now he is numb and feels nothing. In an hour he will become one screaming bundle of intolerable pain. Every day that he can live will be a howling torture. And to whom does it matter whether he has them or not - I nod. "Yes, Kat, we ought to put him out of his misery."

9. Group Discussion
Paul and Kat decide to euthanize the young soldier as an act of mercy. They stop once they realize that others are arriving to the scene. Put yourself in their shoes. What would you do? Would you have taken a different course of action? Would you have followed through with it?

10. Group Discussion Share your images from Chapter 4
Share your responses to these images and why you’ve chosen them
Decide as a group which image best summarizes the events of Chapter 4
Discuss the mood your image creates
Discuss what the author might have wanted the reader to feel when using that image – was it effective?
Draw the image on the board, label the mood, and cite the text that makes you believe this is so

11. Homework Read Chapter 5 p.75-98
1. How does the first sentence tell us that the mood of the this chapter will be very different than that of the previous chapter?
2. What do the following plan to do after the war is over:
     a. Kropp 
     b. Detering 
     c. Haie 
3. What does Muller try to make them realize about their goals?
4. Why does Kropp feel that "The war has ruined us for everything?”
5. Describe the relationship between Kat and Paul. Use one example from the text to support your answer.