All Quiet on the Western Front - Symbolic Characters
- Created by: Nonnie_Jones
- Created on: 02-10-14 19:15
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- Symbolic Characters
- Paul
- Protagonist, the author's messenger, used to voice Remarque's criticisms of warfare, especially the mechanised killing of modern warfare.
- Joseph Behm
- His undignified and premature death represents the shattering of ideals and mistrust of authority
- Kantorek
- Represents the romanticized ideals of patriotism and war
- Kemmerich
- His boots and his life are linked; the thoughtless trading of both show how little anything means in war
- Corporal Himmelstoss
- Used to show the cruelty war brings out in people
- Kat
- Kat symbolises comradeship in arms and the bonds formed between soldiers
- Paul
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