Story Elements 1
The time of a story.
What is the setting?
The main character of "All Quiet on the Western Front"
Who is Paul Baumer?
A series of events that builds up the story
What is rising action?
"You be hanged!"
Who is the Ginger the sergeant-cook?
The place where the fighting takes place
What is the front?
The place of a story.
What is the setting?
The point of view the novel is told through.
What is the first person point of view?
The events that end the story
What is falling action
"It wouldn't be a bad war if I could get a little more sleep."
Who is Katczinsky?
To be incredibly hungry
What is voracity?
The people who act out the story.
What are characters?
A voracious eater
Who is Tjaden?
The point of the story when we can predict the outcome
What is the climax?
"What a bean-feast! Each man gets practically two issues."
Who is Tjaden?
To be able to know things a head of time
What is foresight?
The event that triggers the conflict.
What is the inciting force?
A soldier who has foresight
Who is Muller?
The point of the story when the conflict becomes the most intense
What is the crisis?
Who is the Ginger the sergeant-cook?
English heavies
What are bombs?
The problem a character has with him/herself, another character, a thing.
What is the conflict?
The leader of the Second Company
Who is Katczinsky?
The story's message about life
What is the theme?
"Not so bad. . . I have such a . . . pain in my foot."
Who is Kemmerich?
having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion.
What is cunning?