English work
Paul Baumer � protaganist narrator
Stanislaus Katczinsky � can find food any where has a sixth sences
Albert Kropp school mate clearest thinker
Tjaden � locksmith voracious appetite skinny
Haie westhus � peatmoss digger kats right hand man
Detering � farmer loner, peace loving
Muller � paul classmate still causes textbooks
Leer � paul classmate has a beard good with women
Frank Kemmerich � grows up with Paul, lost legs wants to keep boots dies in chapter 2
Copmal Himmelstoss � postman, terror of klossterbers � drillmaster
Knatorek � schoolmaster, calls the youth the �Iron Youth�

Point of View
1st person

Structure
12 chapters
4 wars
5 withdrawals
6war
7-trip home
8 reflections on war
9 wars
10 hospitals
11 battle of death
12 conclusions

Themes
Destructiveness of war
Lost generation
Camaraderie: friendship
Shared humanity

Corrupting effect of power
Power corrupts absolute power corrupts absolutely

Literary techniques

Diction � word choice
Metaphor
Atmosphere � mood
Irony
Humor
Foreshadowing � boots
Symbolism

Groups of 3
Identify + Explain
2themes
2 examples of war
2 metophaise / simles
2 symlosis
The tone
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