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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN
FRONT
World War I, Erich Maria Remarque, Main Characters
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BEGINNING OF WWI
• WWI officially began in 1914 with the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian.
• But the unrest originally started in the 19th-century with conflicts between European imperial powers and the rise of nationalism
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ALLIANCES
• After 1914, complicated alliances and treaties enlisted more and more countries into the battle. • The Triple Alliance: Germany, the Austro- Hungarian Empire, and Italy.• The Triple Entente: Great Britain, France, Russia.
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NEW INVENTIONS
• World War I utilized many new inventions including:
• Flamethrowers• Tanks • Airplanes • Machine guns • Poisonous gases• Submarines
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FLAMETHROWER
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TANKS- THE MARK V TANK
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AIRPLANES- SOPWITH PUP
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MACHINE GUNS
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POISONOUS GASES
• Two types of gas:
• Chlorine
• Mustard
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SUBMARINES
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TRENCHES
• WWI was fought mostly in trenches
• Trenches were dug by both sides to protect soldiers from enemy attack
• However, trenches often caused more harm to soldiers than protections
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TRENCHES
• Trenches smelled bad and were filled with water.
• This caused soldiers to have “trench foot”.
• Conditions in the trenches also caused soldiers to have dysentery and lice.
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TRENCH FOOT• An infection of the feet
caused by cold, wet and unsanitary conditions.
• In the trenches men stood for hours on end in waterlogged trenches without being able to remove wet socks or boots.
• The feet would gradually go numb and the skin would turn red or blue.
• If untreated, trench foot could turn gangrenous and result in amputation
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No Man’s Land
• Small, bitterly contested area between enemy trenches.
• Contained a considerable amount of barbed wire.
• Soldiers who tried to venture across No Man’s Land were often killed.
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Aerial View of the Western Front
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Erich Maria Remarque 1898-1970
• Father was a bookbinder• Enlisted in German Army
at 18• Fought on the Western
Front and was wounded
several times• Lived in the US and Switzerland after losing
German citizenship because of book.
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ALL QUIET
• All Quiet is considered to be semi-autobiographical.
• Shows the horrors of war
• Also shows war’s effects from the viewpoint of ordinary soldiers.
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MAIN CHARACTERS
• PAUL BAUMER: A young German soldier fighting in the trenches during World War I; protagonist and narrator of the novel.
• STANISLAUS KATCZINSKY (“KAT”): A soldier in Paul’s company; Paul’s best friend in the army; Is forty years old and has a family at home; Always finds food, clothing, and blankets whenever the soldiers need them.
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MAIN CHARACTERS
• Albert Kropp: One of Paul’s high school classmates who serves with Paul in the Second Company; one of Paul’s closest friends during the war.
• Mueller: One of Paul’s high school classmates and a soldier in his company. Wants to talk their postwar plans.
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MAIN CHARACTERS
• Tjaden: One of Paul’s friends in the Second Company; has a large appetite; has a grudge against Corporal Himmelstoss.
• Kantorek: Schoolmaster of Paul’s high school; places intense pressure on Paul and his classmates to fulfill their “patriotic duty” by enlisting in the army.
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MAIN CHARACTERS
• Himmelstoss: a noncommissioned training officer; was a postman. He torments Paul and his friends during their training. After he experiences the horrors of trench warfare, however, he tries to make amends with them.
• Gérard Duval: a French soldier whom Paul kills in No Man’s Land.