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Top Text Block (Bold) All Quiet on the Western Front Introductory Notes for World War I and Erich Maria Remarque I. World War I A. June 28, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia. B. Austrian government planned retaliation, but took into consideration Russian reaction. As a precaution Austria invoked the aid of their allies, the Germans. C. July 23, 1914 Austrian empire issued Serbia an ultimatum- punish the terrorists and allow Austria to have a say in Serbian military affairs. D. Two hours before the 48 hour ultimatum expired, the Serbians responded, but not with complete acceptance of the terms, and their proposal was rejected. E. Austria declared war on Serbia. Russia began mobilizing troops to come to Serbia’s aid. Two days later, Germany joined the fight for Austria. Germany attacked France, one of Russia’s allies. F. In order to attack France, Germany went through Belgium. The British were Belgian allies and gave Germany the ultimatum to leave Belgium. Germany ignored Britain’s request and Great Britain joined the war. The war already included Czechs, Poles, Romanians, Russians, Bulgarians, Greeks, Arabs, and eventually Italians and Turks. Germany faced Russian, French, and British enemies who outnumbered them 10 million to 6 million. G. WWI was the first war to use machine guns, tanks, sophisticated explosives, airplanes, and poisonous gas. Technology surpassed tactics and casualties were great on all sides. H. Trench warfare- Both sides dug deep ditches for their soldiers to avoid the destruction of new weapons. Opposing trenches were often several hundred yards apart. The middle ground was full of barbed wire and was often referred to as no man’s land. I. The Western Front- 475 mile battle line between the Germans and the Allies. Along the line were, 900,000 German soldiers and 1.2 million Allies. It was not one continuous trench, but a series of disconnected trenches and fortifications. J. Nights in the trenches were spent in hard labor. The trench walls had to be repaired and barbed wire had to be laid while sandbags had to be filled. The mornings consisted of lining up in case of an attack, and the rest of the day in sleep or idleness. K. Life in the trench included soggy food, trench foot (turned feet green, swollen, and painful from being constantly wet), and trench fever transmitted by lice that infested everyone after the first couple of days on the front line. L. Casualties- Allies i. Russia- 9,150,000 ii. England- 3,190,235 iii. France- 6,160,000 iv. Italy- 2,197,000 v. U.S.- 323,018 vi. Serbia- 331,106 Central Powers vii. Germany- 7,142,558 viii. Austria-Hungary- 7,020,000 ______________________________________ II. Erich Maria Remarque A. Born June 22, 1898/Died September 25, 1970 B. Real name, Erich Paul Remarque- he used the middle name Maria as his pseudonym after his mother C. Born in Osnabruck, Germany. He was the 2nd son and 3rd child of four (he had two sisters and one brother, but the brother died at a very early age). D. Parents were lower middle-class Roman-Catholic. Dad was a bookbinder. Family was so poor, they moved 11 times between 1898-1912. E. EMR was a pianist-considered professional music career. He used the money he earned from giving piano lessons to buy his own clothes. F. Beginning of WWI his mother was diagnosed with cancer. G. EMR went to school to become a teacher, but in his third year he was drafted to WWI at age 18. H. EMR was wounded several times, including shrapnel to the wrist that effectively ended any possible career as a pianist. I. His mother and close friend died while he was in the hospital. J. He was eventually cleared to return to duty, but luckily for him, the war ended. K. He became a teacher for a short time, but this was his parents’ idea, not his own. L. Bored with teaching he took on odd jobs: a test car driver for a tire company, a stonecutter for a tombstone firm, and on Sundays he played the organ in an insane asylum, town drama-critic, wrote advertising copy and eventually became an editor. M. Early 1920, Erich Remark published such a horribly received novel that he changed his name to his great grandfather’s spelling (Remarque). N. EMR married an actress, Jutta Ilse Zambona in 1925. (They marry and divorce twice). O. AQWF was rejected by one publisher, but was then published in serials (sections/installments). When it was finally published in its entirety in 1929, it sold 1.2 million copies in the first year and was quickly translated into 12 languages. P. EMR divorced his wife in 1930 (rumors of EMR’s infidelity) but they remarried almost immediately so that Ilse, who suffered from tuberculosis, would not lose her Swiss residence permit. They lived separately until their final divorce in 1951. Q. 1931 the sequel to AQWF, The Road Back, was published. R. 1933 EMR was exiled from Germany and AQWF was burned by the Nazis. The Nazis believed the book and EMR to be pacifistic. S. EMR was friends with such Hollywood stars as Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, and Charlie Chaplin as well as Cole Porter, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Ernest Hemingway. T. 1938 EMR lost his German citizenship. U. 1941 EMR became an American citizen. V. 1943 his younger sister was beheaded by the Nazis for spreading propaganda. W. 1958 EMR married American actress, Paulette Goddard. X. EMR wrote 11 novels altogether. Y. EMR suffered a series of heart attacks in the late 1960’s. He died in a hospital in Locarno, Switzerland. Z. The end. ******************************************************************** Modernism: PERSPECTIVISM locating meaning from the viewpoint of the individual IMPRESSIONISM an emphasis on the process of perception and knowing (RE) PRESENTATION OF INNER PSYCHOLOGICAL REALITY OR INTERIORITY including the “flow” of experience, through devices such as stream of consciousness. TIME AS INTERIOR Time becomes psychological time (time internally/emotionally experienced) or symbolic time (time or measures of time as a symbolic rather than historical reality). EMPHASIS ON LANGUAGE Language is no longer seen as transparent, it is something if used correctly allows us to “see through” to reality. Language is viewed as complex. EMPHASIS ON THE EXPERIMENTAL meant to present differently the structure, the connections, and the experience of life EMPHASIS ON FORM an emphasis on cohesion, interrelatedness, and depth in the structure of the object and of experience. NON-LINEARITY a narrative technique wherein events are portrayed out of chronological order. It is often used to mimic the structure and recall of human memory . AMBIGUOUS ENDINGS turn to “open” or ambiguous endings, again seen to be more representative of “reality” -- as opposed to “closed” endings, in which matters are resolved. TYPICAL THEMES The appearance of various typical themes, including: question of the reality of experience itself; the search for a ground of meaning in a world without God; the critique of the traditional values of the culture; the loss of meaning and hope in the modern world and an exploration of how this loss may be faced. ******************************************************************** Life of Pi Vocabulary 12/19- Copy the words from Chapters 1-45. Define the words for chapters 1-5. Alphabetical listing (total=98 words): • Chapter 1 through 4 (14 words): AN-purveyor, obscurely, exemplary 1 - in situ, indolence, elicited, illustrious 3 - ludicrous, credible 4 - incessant, profusion, abiding, compulsion, discernment • Chapter 5 through 24 (14 words): 5 - aspiring 14 - amenable 17 - unremitting, adversity, deportment, petulant, placidly 18 - hovel, entailed 20 - guttural 23 - secular, askance, piety, apoplectic • Chapter 25 through 45 (17 words): 25 - depravity 33 - sullenly, plausible 38 - dyspeptic 41 - protruded 43 - preceding, carrion, diligent, indiscriminate, aversion 45 - imperceptible, bask, remonstrations, revulsion, empathy, callous, amicably • Chapter 46 through 53 (17 words): 46 - chromatic, incongruously, dilated, formidable, forlorn, coherence, ineffectually, invigorating 49 - conundrum, insouciant 50 - dire 51 - supplication 53 - lucidity, oppressive, poignancy, rufous, voraciously • Chapter 54 through 70 (18 words): 54 - erratic, attrition 55 - radical 56 - unerring 58 - cryptic, injunction, gastronomic 60 - throe 61 - sentient, sanguinary 62 - lethargic, marred 63 - putrid, fitful 64 - disfiguring 67 - multitude, gelatinous 70 - forbearance • Chapter 71 through 99 (18 words): 71 - afflicting, pivotal 72 - ordnance 74 - consecrated 79 - incongruously 81 - sustenance 89 - emaciated 90 - infernal, obtuse, conjures 91 - amply 92 - delusion, olfactory, desalinated, rote, turmoil 99 - feral, reprieve Life of Pi Reading Questions Chapters 1-2 1. How does the three-toed sloth survive? 2. Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human characteristics to nonhumans. Find 3 examples of anthropomorphism on pp 4-5. 3. Identify and explain 3-4 examples of imagery, figurative language on pp.6-7. 4. In chapter 2, in italics, who is the narrator and who is the subject? Chapters 3-5 5. Describe how Pi comes to be named after a French swimming pool. 6. Pi does not agree with people who “think animals in the wild are ‘happy’ because they are ‘free’” (ch. 4, p. 15), why? 7. Describe how and why Piscine Molitor Patel becomes Pi. 8. Pi writes his name on the blackboard with every teacher during the day. He says that “repetition is important in the training not only of animals but also of humans” (ch.5, p.23). Explain. Life of Pi Reading Questions Chapters 6 - 7 1. Pi’s house is both overheated and overstocked. Why? 2. What is the difference between an athiest and an agnostic? 3. Describe Mr. Kumar. 4. Why is Mr. Kumar so important to Pi? 5. Why does Pi dislike agnostics more than atheists? Chapter 8 6. How does Pi’s father teach him that “an animal is an animal?” 7. How does Ravi, Pi’s older brother, terrorize him after the tiger incident? Life of Pi Vocabulary 12/19- Copy the words from Chapters 1-45 and define. You may start on these while I issue novels. Alphabetical listing (total=98 words): • Chapter 1 through 4 (14 words): AN-purveyor, obscurely, exemplary 1 - in situ, indolence, elicited, illustrious 3 - ludicrous, credible 4 - incessant, profusion, abiding, compulsion, discernment • Chapter 5 through 24 (14 words): 5 - aspiring 14 - amenable 17 - unremitting, adversity, deportment, petulant, placidly 18 - hovel, entailed 20 - guttural 23 - secular, askance, piety, apoplectic • Chapter 25 through 45 (17 words): 25 - depravity 33 - sullenly, plausible 38 - dyspeptic 41 - protruded 43 - preceding, carrion, diligent, indiscriminate, aversion 45 - imperceptible, bask, remonstrations, revulsion, empathy, callous, amicably • Chapter 46 through 53 (17 words): 46 - chromatic, incongruously, dilated, formidable, forlorn, coherence, ineffectually, invigorating 49 - conundrum, insouciant 50 - dire 51 - supplication 53 - lucidity, oppressive, poignancy, rufous, voraciously • Chapter 54 through 70 (18 words): 54 - erratic, attrition 55 - radical 56 - unerring 58 - cryptic, injunction, gastronomic 60 - throe 61 - sentient, sanguinary 62 - lethargic, marred 63 - putrid, fitful 64 - disfiguring 67 - multitude, gelatinous 70 - forbearance • Chapter 71 through 99 (18 words): 71 - afflicting, pivotal 72 - ordnance 74 - consecrated 79 - incongruously 81 - sustenance 89 - emaciated 90 - infernal, obtuse, conjures 91 - amply 92 - delusion, olfactory, desalinated, rote, turmoil 99 - feral, reprieve Life of Pi Reading Questions Chapters 1-2 1. How does the three-toed sloth survive? 2. Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human characteristics to nonhumans. Find 3 examples of anthropomorphism on pp 4-5. 3. Identify and explain 3-4 examples of imagery, figurative language on pp.6-7. 4. In chapter 2, in italics, who is the narrator and who is the subject? Chapters 3-5 5. Describe how Pi comes to be named after a French swimming pool. 6. Pi does not agree with people who “think animals in the wild are ‘happy’ because they are ‘free’” (ch. 4, p. 15), why? 7. Describe how and why Piscine Molitor Patel becomes Pi. 8. Pi writes his name on the blackboard with every teacher during the day. He says that “repetition is important in the training not only of animals but also of humans” (ch.5, p.23). Explain. SAT #6 Vocabulary (quiz Thursday, 12/13/07) Acuity-keenness Obscured-hidden Acrid-bitter Cynical-a person who believes that only selfishness motivates human actions and who disbelieves in or minimizes selfless acts or disinterested points of view. Epistle-letter Poised-held in equilibrium Languid-weak Heresy-a belief that rejects the conventional beliefs of a religion Lance-to cut with a small surgical instrument Resplendent-having great beauty and splendor Poignant-profoundly moving; touching Respite-a usually short interval of rest or relief Terse-brief and to the point Therapeutic-having or exhibiting healing powers Acrophobia-an abnormal fear of heights Bourgeois- person whose attitudes and behavior are marked by conformity to the standards and conventions of the middle class Debility- state of being weak or feeble Epistolary- composed of letters Hiatus- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
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