Paul Baumer: Narrator
19 when he enlists
loses youthful idodism in training camp
Stanislaus Katcinzky: Paul's best freind, 40 yrs old
Cobbler in civilian life, shrewd and resourceful
Albert Kropp- Clearest thinker among Paul's classmates
Tjaden: locksmith in civilian life, skinny, sespite his eatin a grip
Haie Westhurs-
peat digger in civil life
Prefers peace time army to digging peat
Detering
Simple peace- loving farmer
Loner
Muller
Pauls classmate who carries text books and dreams exams
Leer
Pauls classmate
Has beard
Obsessed w/math and women
Kemmerich
Grows up w/Paul
Dies after leg amputatiion
leaves his boots to Muller
Himmelstoss
postman in civilian life
Stadistic as a drillmaster "Terror of Klosterberg"
Kantorek
Stern "little" man
Pursuades paul and them to join army
Warfare is ligitimate expression of patriotism
Setting
- German Front (1914-18)
Point of View
- 1st person P.O.V (Paul's eyes: individual and immediate)
P 1-2: We are at rest... came back only eighty strong.
(Analyze Point of View and Irony.)
The Point of View in this passage is a happy soldier, in Paul. The reason he is so happy is that he got double p
P 10-12: Kantorek had been our schoolmaster... And that is why they let us down so badly - Characterization Kantorek and Katcinsky.
P. 12-13: For us lads of eighteen... and we must see it through - Analyze Theme: the Lost Generation
P. 19-20: It is strange to think that at home..Al the same, we are not sad. - Characterization Paul, Theme: The lost Generation
P. 22: By threes and fours...by being strict w/the recruits. Characterization: Himmelstoss, Theme: Corrupting Effect of Power, Shared Humanity
P. 28-29: He is not the first...Let him not die! Characterization: Kemmerich
Theme the Destructiveness of War.