Self Reflection

1. I think i did good work. I did the entire assignment, but it was hard to write as a soldier would feel, as I can never truly fathom that experience from a book. It was also hard to find political cartoons, I had to use a few from WWII.
2.I liked this project alot. Partially i liked the topic, which was motivational. Also I like doing projects on the computer, and this style worked well for me.
3. It reflects my learning by me being aple to analyze something and put it into words and journal entries.
4. Honestly, I didnt learn anything about myself.
5. I further learned the hardships of war, such as losing friends and comrades, starving, and being away from home. The lesson I got from this book is that war is a horrible adventure, and that it has nothing to do with those fighting it, just what the leaders who arent fighting want. Living a good long life is more important than glory, because there is little glory for a soldier himself to gain.

Interview Questions

1. What was the thing that kept you going?

2. What was your greatest fear?

3. What was your favorite combat weapon?

4. What was it like to see people die?

5. Do you feal fear during a battle?

Literary Analysis(Chapter 12)

A. The war is increasingly bloody. Paul is the last member of his class that enlisted. Paul gets poisoned by gas, and is sent home one last time to heal. He begins to really want to go home. Paul dies in 1918, with a calm face, "All is Quiet on the Western Front".


B. Paul is dead, he can write no letters, for Paul all is quiet on the western front.


C. Vocab.
1. Rowan(Remarque, 295)-the European mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia, having pinnate leaves and clusters of bright red berries.

D. Political Cartoon




Analysis-

The government was rapidly going through resources, they would take resources when ever they could get their hands on them. They practically begged for their metal to be given.

E. I learned that no matter how experienced and well aquainted with war you are, you still have a high chance of dieng.

Literary Analysis(Chapter 11)

A. The army is getting weaker, but the war still progresses. Paul begins to forget his life as a civilian. He tells of how horrible war is. He no longer counts the weeks. The Germans are seriusly losing now. Then Kat dies, pauls best friend is gone forever.

B. Recently Kat has died, i feel lost. I feel i can no longer survive, odds are i wont. The German military is declining, it is only a matter of when. I am the last one in my class, i feel like even I wont make it out alive, from this hellish war. I have forgotten who I am, I am lost.

C. Vocab.

1. Banal(Remarque, 272)-devoid of freshness or originality
2. Bushmen(Remarque, 274)-The nomadic hunting and gathering peoples of the Kalahari Desert

D. Political Cartoon
Analysis
In this cartoon it shows how unprepared the U.S was for WWII. It shows a ship saying "disunited states", saying even the states were hardly together. It also has several U.S attitudes such as Isolationism, etc. Showing the bad policies of the U.S.

E. I learned how bad it is to lose your best friend, and be fighting for a lost cause, It makes you feel lost, and you may forget yourself.

Literary Analysis(Chapter 10)

A. Paul and his friends must defend a supply dump. They get access to a concret shelter with beds and food like eggs, and butter. Paul makes pancakes, and his friends roast pigs. The enemy sees smoke from the building and bombs it, Paul finishes the pancakes, regardless of the bombs. They feast grandly twice. Paul gets wounded along with Kropp, and they go to a hospital. Paul is allowed to go home and heal, and Kropps leg was amputated. Paul has trouble leaving his ever-weaker mother.


B. I had a grand feast, pork, pancakes, and all. It was grand. I lived the good life for weeks. Then Kropp and I were injured by a shell. I was allowed to go home, but poor kropp had his leg amputated. I was lucky to go home. It was hard to leave my poor mother, she was very weak.


C. Vocab.


1. Sentimental(Remarque, 232)-weakly emotional; mawkishly susceptible or tender.


2. Uppish (Remarque, 233)-arrogant; condescending; uppity.





D. Political Cartoons
Analysis
This cartoon shows how the people were expected to share their homes with soldiers. They did not like it.
E. I learned how bad it was to be injured back then, escpecially.

Literary Analysis(Chapter 9)

A. Paul returns to the front, and finds all his friends alive and in good health. He shares his potato cakes with them. They soon learn that the Kaiser is coming to see the army. They soon realize he is not a great man, and that the war is all about what the leaders want. Paul goes into no mans land, for reconnaissance. A bombardment commences and an attack follows, so paul must play dead to live. An enemy goes in the hole, and Paul stabs him, and watches him die all night. He felt bad and told the soldier he did what he had to.

B. Last night i volunteered to go into no mans land, it was dumb. I killed someone for the first time hand to hand. I felt horrible, as he did not die, but slowly died all night, I tried to comfort him, but I still felt horrible.

C. Vocab.

1. Nape(Remarque, 214) -the back of the neck.

2. Pretence(Remarque, 220)-pretending or feigning; make-believe.

D. Political Cartoon

Analysis

All the men are going off to war, so they are selling farms and leaving.

E. I learned that it is hard to stab a man

Literary Analysis(Chapter 8)

A. Paul reports to a training camp after his leave. Right nextdoor is russian prison camp, who survive off the garbage from germans. He looks at them and realizes how similar he is to them, that they are not so different. He begins to respect the russians, and hears one of them play a violin which touches paul. His father and sister visit paul and give him cakes. He doesnt want them and wants to give them to the prisoners, but thinks of how hard it was for his mother to make them. So he gives the prisoners 2 cakes.

B. I went to a training camp nextdoor to a russian prisoner camp. I began to respect those prisoners because they are so similar to me. They are not different, the are good people too. It saddens me to see them starving, they live on our garbage. My father and sister came to visit me before I went to the front. they gave me cakes, which I shared with the prisoners.

C. Vocab.

1. Opalescent(Remarque, 188)- having a milky iridescence.

2. Friesland(remarque, 190)-A region of northern Europe on the North Sea between the Scheldt and Weser rivers.

D. Political Cartoon

Analysis

The allies were in constant need of materials. So people could get money off scrap metal easily.

E. I learned how horrible it is to be taken prisoner in war.