All Quiet on the Western Front

By Erich Maria Remarque

World War I Map

Trench Warfare

You Tube Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9iR0xJW-Fk

Characters in the novel

Paul Baumer – young German soldier; protagonist Stanislaus Katczinsky – Kat; Paul’s best friend Albert Kropp – intelligent; friend of Paul Muller – hardheaded, practical Tjaden – wiry; hates Himmelstoss Kantorek – pompous schoolmaster of Paul’s

before the war

More Characters

Corporal Himmelstoss – petty, power hungry; most hate him

Franz Kemmerich – shows the brutality of war and fighting

Joseph Behm – did not want to enlist Detering – constantly homesick Gerard Duval – French soldier

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