All Quiet Blog Prompts

 In what ways have you been affected by the United

States’ presence in the Middle East? You may have friends or
relatives who are enlisted; you may have volunteered to send
packages to soldiers; you may have even considered enlisting
yourself when you are of age. If you feel that you haven’t been
noticeably affected, why do you think this is? Explain what may
contribute to your sense of closeness to or distance from the
war. Be thorough but remain school appropriate. Also
remember that you are posting to the Internet, so you should
not write anything that you’d feel uncomfortable sharing with
everyone.

Length: 3 well-developed paragraphs

(Post due Mon. 10/25; Comments due Wed. 10/27)

 Consider the following quote from Chapter 6:

“We see men living with their skulls blown open; we see soldiers
run with their two feet cut off, they stagger on their splintered
stumps into the next shell-hole; a lance-corporal crawls a mile
and a half on his hands dragging his smashed knee after him;
another goes to the dressing station and over his clasped hands
bulge his intestines; we see men without mouths, without jaws,
without faces; we find one man who has held the artery of his
arm in his teeth for two hours in order not to bleed to death. -
The sun goes down, the shells whine, life comes to an end.”
What are your reactions to this excerpt? What do you find
the most disturbing here? Why? What purpose does this
passage serve in the book? In other words, explain how this
passage drives home certain themes present in the novel as a
whole.

Length: 2 well-developed paragraphs

(Post due Mon. 11/1; Comments due Wed. 11/3)