All Quiet On The Western Front Reflective Essay

Before I started reading the novel All Quiet on The Western Front, I employed a wide variety of strategies to better my understanding of literary concepts. An example of a strategy that I employed to understand what was going on in the novel in terms of the setting and conflicts was to go over the World War 1 notes that I took in history which gave me some background about the time period so I could develop the proper mindset for reading the novel and to ensure that I would fully understand the events that would take place within the novel. While I was reading the novel I attempted to form the image of what was taking place in the novel in my head while I read the novel, this technique allowed me to envision what I was reading, which resulted in me being able read deeper into the text. After reading the novel …show more content…
When we had out group discussions we came together and spoke of our different perspectives on the novel, with passage analysis’ we had to apply our knowledge of the book and annotating skills to show our understanding of the novel and it themes. Last of all the guided questions had forced me to critically analyze the book and make predictions which normally I would not do, which once again has benefited me in my understanding as it put me in the correct mindset in a literary sense. The literary research that I did to assist in my understanding of the novel was to research Erich Maria Remarque who wrote All Quiet on The Western Front. This resulted in me receiving some background knowledge on why Remarque had written the novel the way he did, for example, he had served in the Second Regiment, the same as Paul in the book, which once again forced me to analyze the novel even