| Paul BaumerThe yearold narrator of the story. He thinks a lot about the war and how it has affected him and his fellow soldiers. KantorekA schoolteacher whpushed Paul and all his school buddies intsigning up for the war. Corporal HimmelstossThe guy whwas in charge of training Paul and his buddies. He is a real jerk and none likes him. Stanislaus Katczinsky KatHe is a yearold cool soldier. He knows a little about everything. He becomes the leader of Pauls group whlooks out for everyone. Franz KemmerichOne of Pauls clmates whdies after a leg amputation in the beginning of the book. MullerAnother clmate of Paul. He dreams about school while fighting. Cl is better than getting ed, which is what eventually happens tMuller. LeerAnother of Pauls clmates. He likes Math and gets ed the end. TjadenAnother soldier whis Pauls age, but not one of his clmates. Tjaden was picked on by Himmelstoss in basic training. DeteringHe is a simple farmer guy. He doesnt believe tomuch in the war and finally one day gets fed up and tries trun away home and gets caught. Albert Kropp A clmate and good friend of Paul. Kropp is the smart guy whalways has smart things tsay about everything. Haie WesthusA yearold guy whis part of Pauls group. Not a clmate though. He likes the army and would reenlist after the war, but he gets ed. Lieutenant BertinckPauls company commander. He is a cool leader and takes a bullet for the guys. MittelstaedtA clmate of Paul. He is stationed in Pauls hometown and is the superior for that teacher Kantorek. He makes fun on him and treats him real bad. BergerThe strongest guy in Pauls company. He gets a bit crazy in the end and tries tsave a wounded dog and gets s in the process. Kaiser WilhelmHe is the head of Germany. He shows up once briefly in the book tinspect the troops. This book is about a group of guys in the war. Most of them are school friends whwere pushed tsign up for the war by their teacher Kantorek. The older people of Germany were very much intGerman pride and thought they were going t the war. The guy whnarrates the whole book is Paul Baumer. Paul talks a lot throughout the whole book about the war and its effect on him and his friends. This is basically the author talking through Paul. This is what the whole book is about. It is a bunch of war experiences and how they change the young people whare fighting. Also, Paul gets wounded in the book and goes home and stays with his family while he recovers. He finds can nlonger relate tthem because it is to tthink and have emotions and at the same time deal with all the around him in the war. He talks a lot about how he and his friends dont think about deep things but just think about eating and silly things. His father and the older people of his town all want him ttell them war stories and Paul hates it because his experiences are gruesome. Paul ends up going back tfighting and basically, everyone in the book gets wounded and dies. The very end of the book is not narrated by Paul, but is just a short paragraph telling about how he dies on a real quiet day that the army called All quiet on the western front. | 
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