Paul Bäumer

Paul Bäumer is the narrator of the novel. He was only 19 when the novel begins and was a member of Second Company in the German Army. Paul was interested in literature. He wrote some poetry and started writing a play. He enjoyed studying and he collect lots of books. But everything changed after the war began, he felt cut off from the past and has no hope and future. The war destroyed his former life and interests. There's nothing except friendship that supported him stay alive. He even thinks that home is no long home, the front line is his home. But that is all he has left. During the war, his friends was killed one by one. There is nothing left for Paul to live for. He is died in battle in October, 1918.

Submarine SMASH Day Reflection

1. Summarize
-- What did we do for SMASH Day?
We used paper, mirrors.... to make a periscope.

-- What was your mission?
We were all in a yellow submarine undersea, and found treasures on a island. Our mission is
to make a periscope in order to look out the water and over the wall around the island to
found out what are the treasures.

-- What supplies were you given?
Cardboard, papers, four mirrors, tape, two scissors.

2. Reflect -- Scientists often make a hypothesis, test it, and then change (or modify) their design to make it work.
-- How many times did you have to modify your design?
We modify our design three times.

-- How did you know that you should modify your design?
When we hold up our periscope, we soon found out that paper can't hold the wight of mirrors.

-- How did you know what to do when you modified it?
We talked about it and added cardboard, because cardboard can hold more weight than a
piece of paper.

-- How did your team communicate to decide how to modify your design?
We drew our thought on a piece of paper and talked about it. We communicate by helping each other, Vivian looked though the periscope, Melody was passing tape to me, and I adjusted the mirrors.

3. Tips and Suggestions
-- If you could give a list of tips and suggestions to someone who is doing this for the first time, what would it be? What would you tell them to help them out?
My suggestion is that people should think more before they actually start making it. Think simple and don't think about the mirror reflection thing, because it won't work with papers (maybe should try cardboard....?).