Reflection

The novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, was overall a very good book. The story was told by the character Paul Baumer’s point of view. He goes through his experiences during World War I. I liked the story because, being a war story, it was full of action. The way Remarque portrayed war and the way he wrote made me want to keep reading to see what would happen next. The story also showed a different side of World War I, being told by a German soldier. It was a bit upsetting to see all of the main characters die, but the overall story was great.

Reflection

Eric Maria Remarque's novel, All Quiet on the Western Front was an enjoyable read. The fact that the novel was written from the point of view of a German soldier gives an entirely new perspective on the war. The novel expresses a theme that all individuals despite their differences are morally the same. The protagonist, Paul, begins to realize that in essence, the people whom he opposed were actually no different than himself.

Reflection

The novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Eric Maria Remarque was overall a very good book. It shows a different perspective of war, the perspective of a German soldier. It tells how they fight and soon realize that they are no different from the opposing army. As the soldiers keep fighting they start losing their moral due to the horrors of war. Such as the unsanitary conditions, mass amounts of killing, and all the fighting. The younger soldiers also lose their moral because they believe they hadn’t made a significant impact in society like the older men which have families and careers. This book also shows how the recruits become shel shocked and changed forever by the experience of war.Thus we see this book is a good source of information on the horrors of the front and war from a German soldier's perspective.

Reflection

The novel, All Quiet on the Western Front is a book about Paul, a German soldier in WWI. The book is told in his point of view and follows him through the experiences he has in the war. The author uses intense descriptive language to convey horrific imagery of scenes in the war. I really liked this book because it is very unique to any war book or movie I have ever seen. The way the author goes into deep detail to describe the emotions the main character feels from either being on the front or being in a hospital makes this a very good book, which I enjoyed very much.

Reflection

All Quiet on the Western Front, by Enrich Maria Remarque. The book is told from the point of view of a young German soldier named Paul. Paul tells the story about his time spent in World War I and how it affected him physically and mentally. Paul also talks about how he became more of a man because of the war. One lesson the Paul talks about is going from wanting to kill the enemy to not understanding why he is trying to kill them. I liked this book because it had a lot of action and there was also suspense when you didn't know if Paul and his fellow soldiers were going to live to see the next day.

Reflection

The Book All Quiet On the Western Front by Enrich Maria Remarque. This took place in world war by the fictional character Paul baumer. Paul discusses of his past experience within the war and how it changed him as a character. Paul felt he was no longer a kid but felt more mature do to the war experiences. His life assumed so much hate that he turned from a grateful person to the thought of guilt and death. I really enjoyed the book, because it had a lot of dramatic and uptight parts.

Literary- Luminary

"This is the first time i have ever killed with my hands"

"So I crawl away to the furthest corner and have my eyes glued to the guy with the knife grasping in my hand"

"A bomb or something lands close to me. I have not heard it coming and i am terrified.

Reflection

The book, All Quiet on the Western Front, the novel by Erich Maria Remarque, follows the young German soldier Paul as he braves the horrors of war, both at home and on the front. This book is an adventure around every corner, whether it be on the battlefield or taking place in Paul’s mind as he struggles to keep hold of his sanity. The in-depth writing and huge amount of detail that leaves nothing out shows what it is to be on the front lines. It gave me a new outlook on what the horrors of battle did to a person, and showed me what it is to have a comradeship with your brothers-in-arms.

The novel All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, was an eye-opening book that kept me reading until the end. Remarque really makes you feel like you are on the battlefield with Paul and his fellow soldiers. The descriptive writing shows you the experience that all of the soldiers feared as they wondered if they would be alive the next day. The vivid pictures that are painted in your mind as you read the story keep you interested and wanting to turn each page. The book is rich in details and the plot is very well thought out and keeps you wondering what is going to happen next.

Reflection

I liked reading "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Marla because it is a book that always kept me reading. It was full of action, adventure and sadness with each chapter making me want to read more. All of the fighting and the war made the book full of action. The sadness came in when Paul looked into the eyes of a prisoner of war and saw that he was not much different then him. It is also sad that Paul lost all his friends in the was and will never see them again

Reflection

The Book All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque was an astonishing account of World War One by the fictional character Paul Baumer. He tells of how the war had changed his life and how he had once looked at it. He no longer felt like kid anymore, he felt aged and the life back at home was long gone. All he knew of life was hopelessness and death. Besides these sad themes, I greatly enjoyed this book and now understand what it was like to live in that time period.

Reflection

I enjoyed the novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Marla Remarque. I thought this book was exciting, sad, and vicious. These were the three main traits in this book that kept me on edge while reading. This book was exciting because you never knew what was going to happen next and there was a lot of action. This novel was very sad. This novel was sad because he realized that the prisoners of war where no different from him. They were no different because they were enlisted to fight another man’s war. Also the stabbing in the ditch was very sad because he killed him and then tried to bring him back but failed and now that rests on his conscious. This book was very vicious because there was a lot of action and killing. Paul lost his friends while fighting in the war that he no longer wanted to be a part of.

Connector

In the novel "All Quiet on the Western Front" Paul is faced with the challenge of survival numerous times, but it is most interesting when he goes out into "no man's land" to find out the status of enemy soldiers. When Paul attempts to return back to the front, a bombing begins and he cannot find his way back. He also needs to be aware of the fact that he could be killed any second because he has little to no way to defend himself. He then decides he cannot let his feelings get in his way, and if he wants to survive he needs to learn how to ignore his fears.
This relates to real life because in certain situations feelings can hinder the task in front of you, just like fear gets in the way of Paul's attempts to survive in WWI. For example, if you have a large test coming up in school, nervousness may affect you in the manner that you cannot think clearly and as a result you do poorly. Just like Paul, one cannot let feelings and emotions affect the task set ahead of you.

Discussion Director

1. How does Paul feel different about the war when he has to return?

2. How does Paul view the Russian prisoners?

3. What preparations were made when the Kaiser came to review the soldiers?

Summarizer

4 Key Points

Paul doesn’t see a difference between himself and the prisoners. He feels the prisoners are now animals suffering inside of their bodies that were told to fight another person’s war.


Paul breaks his cigarettes in half and hands them out to the prisoners. One of the prisoners found out that Paul plays the piano, and the prisoner plays the violin making Paul feel more sympathy.


Paul sees his father and his sister before he is sent to the front again and they talk about their mother’s illness. She is in a hospital and they didn’t dare to ask the cost because they were afraid that if they did they wouldn’t treat her.


Paul’s mother give him cakes and he hands them out to the prisoners but then he feels that she made them special for him while she was cooking in pain so he saved two for himself.

Discussion Director

1. What were the soldiers given in preparation of the emperor of Germany's visit?

2. What does Paul do when he becomes lost in No Mans Land and there is a bombardment? What does he do to the soldier who enters the ditch he was in?

3. What did the dead soldier have in his pocket?

Literary Luminary

Waits and then breaks off and is only able to finish: "Second Company-" with difficulty: "Second Company-march easy!" Aline, a short line trudges off into the morning. Thirty-two men.

"We see men living with their with their skulls blown open" we see soldiers run with their two feet cut off, they stagger on their spintered stumps into the next shell-hole."

"We have yielded no more than a few hundred yards of it as a prize to the enemy. But on every yard there lies a dead man."

Connector

This book shows the horrors of war similar to what our soldiers are faced with in Iraq. This shows how much support we should offer our soldiers, especially when they return home. Even if we don’t agree on the war we should still support our troops; after all they signed up do defend our country not invade another.
This book, even though it was in the point of view of a German soldier, should give new meaning to Veterans Day and will help us to better understand how some of these men spent their last days in a rat and lice infested trench with dreams when it was all taken from them in an instant.

Connector

In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front Paul is in a ditch when a French soldier jumps in. Paul takes out his knife and quickly stabs the soldier. Later he realizes that he did not kill the soldier he only wounded him. He tries to help the soldier by bandaging him up but soon after the soldier dies. Paul beat himself up about killing the soldier but he realizes that it was either him or the French soldier that was going to die. This relates to real life in many ways. This is true because if you're life is being threatened you would have to defend yourself no matter what.

Connector-Literature circles

Paul describes the feeling of annhilation and fear. This relates to my life as it does to everyone in the sense we cant control it or tame it.We seek fear by not knowing what is coming our way or what is next to come. Paul experiences this emotion through war as I relate it to life but whereever you are you could feel these signs,and emotions.

Illustrator

Summarizer

1. After being on the front and seeing what its really like, Himmelstoss starts to act nicer and generous to the soldiers. He becomes the cook and gives more food to them.

2. Paul goes back to his home. He doesn't feel right because of the experiences he has had in the war. He tries not to talk to anyone about the war. Paul tells Kemmerich's mother that he died. He lies by saying that he died a fast death without suffering. Towards the end of his leave he sees that his mother is deeply saddened that Paul has to go back to war. Paul wishes he never went on leave because of the sadness he sees that his mother has.

3. There is a prison next to the training camp Paul is in. He sees the prisoners which make him sad because they all look innocent and honest just like he is.

4. Paul's dad and sister visits him. His dad tells him that his mother is in the hospital for treatment of her cancer. The dad and sister give Paul potato cakes that his mom made him. He is so depressed he doesn't want to eat them but remembers that his mom worked hard to make them even through her illness. He gives two cakes to the prisoners and eats the rest himself.

Discussion Director

1. How did you feel when the soldiers were under bombardment in chapter four?

2. How does the bombardment and the recruit reflect a major theme of the book?

3. Give three examples of the unsanitary conditions on the front.

Discussion Director

1) How has Paul changed since his visit home? Why is he thinking differently?

2) How has Paul's will to fight the war diminished?

3) Why isn't Paul perceiving his enemies as people he should fight or kill?

All Quiet on the Western Front (Literary Luminary)

"kemmerich is dead, Haie Westhus is dying, they have a job with Han Kramer's body at the Judgment Day, piecing it together after a direct hit; Martens has no legs any more, Meyer is dead, Beyer is dead, Hammerling is dead, there are a hundred and twenty wounded men lying somewhere or other; it is a damageable business, but what has it to do with us now--we live."

"To Russia? It's not much of a war over there.
In the distance the front thunders. The walls of the hut rattle"

""Yes, well now," pursues Albert, and I see that he means to drive me into a corner, "but out professors and parsons and newspapers say that we are the only ones that are right, and let's hope so;--but the French professors and parsons and newspapers say that the right is on their side, now what about that?""

Discussion Director

1) What are three skills that Paul says that the new recruits don't have, but need them in order to survive?

2) What does Himmelstoss do when Paul jumps into the dugout and finds him there? Why does he do this?

3) How come Himmelstoss gets along with Paul and Tjaden all of a sudden?

All Quiet On The Western Front - Literary Luminary

1. " We sharpen their ears to the malicious, hardly audible buzz of the smaller shells that are not easily distinguishable. They must pick them out from the general din by their insect-like him-we explain to them that these are far more dangerous than the big ones that can be heard long beforehand." page 133, paragraph 4 This paragraph shows some skills that a soldier would have to quickly develop in order to survive in the front lines.

2. " I lean against the wall and grip my helmet and rifle. I hold them as tight as I can, but I cannot take another step, the staircase fades before my eyes, i support myselft with the butt of my rifle against my feet and clench my teeth fiercely, but I cannot speak a word - " Page 157, paragraph 4. This paragraph shows what war has done to paul over the last couple of years and how anxious he is about coming home .

And Then There Were None

Literary Luminary
pages 57-68

1. page 62- Dr. Armstrong, who was standing by the window, cleared his throat. He said, "You must excuse any-er-shortcomings this morning. Rogers has had to do the best he can for breakfast single-handed. Mrs. Rogers has er- not been able to carry on this morning."
This is important because the other guests on the island are starting to get very worried and freaked out. They thought that the first death was just coincidental but they get suspicious after Mrs. Rogers' death.

2. page 66- General MacArthur said sharply, "Of course it won't come. We're counting on the motor boat to take us off the island. That's the meaning of the whole business. We're not going to leave the island... None of us will ever leave..... It's the end, you see- The end of everything."
The guests are finally realizing how realistic and how serious the deaths are and they can tell that death is coming to everyone very soon. They are not counting on anything good to help them and they are starting to expect the worse, which is death.