Tell your teacher when you find a poor link in this guide. After exploring two web sites that contain letters home from W.W.I nurses, you will write a letter using first person point of view. At the beginning of All Quiet on the Western Front, Paul and his friends visit Kemmerich in a hospital. Later in the novel, Paul and Albert also recuperate in a hospital after being wounded. As readers we only experience Paul's point of view.
Nurses obviously play a vital part in war because there are so many casualties.
Assume the voice of a W.W.I nurse who observes Kemmerich or Paul and Albert. Write a letter home describing your experiences, feelings, thoughts, etc. At the first two web sites, examine letters from actual W.W.I nurses. The third site may be helpful in understanding the role of women in the war. These letters are similar to diary entries and use first person point of view.