For All Quiet on the Western Front

First explain what you think the quote means, then apply it to the novel, finally, apply it to the macrocosm. Be sure to use specific examples, correct grammar, and correct spelling.
"If we attempt to act and do things for others or for the world without deepening our own self-understanding, our own freedom, integrity, and capacity to love, we will not have anything to give others. We will communicate nothing but our own obsessions, our own agressiveness, our own ego-centered ambitions." Thomas Merton

Ibsen's A Doll's House response

Directions: Respond to the following prompt and/or someone else's reponse. Your response must be thoughtful with good reasoning and at least 150 words in length. Sign using your first initial, last initial, and NUMBER in the class, for example: JS17.

Prompt: What are the qualities of a good marriage?