All Quiet on the Western Front: Characters

Narrator, 19 years old; last of the seven school boys to die

• Paul Baumer

• Tjaden

• Muller

• Haie

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Cook, redhead, stingy w/ rations

• Muller

• Leer

• Heinrich (Ginger)

• Joseph Behm

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

"Thin as a rake", wets his bed, gets revenge against Himmelstoss by beating him up

• Muller

• Tjaden

• Haie

• Detering

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Leader of the group, sixth sense for food and easy jobs, and is Paul's best friend

• Muller

• Tjaden

• Detering

• Katczinsky (Kat)

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Carries school books, wants Kemmerich's boots and eventually does get them

• Joseph Behm

• Kantorek

• Muller

• Leer

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Dies of a leg amputation, has a watch stolen

• Muller

• Kemmerich

• Kantorek

• Leer

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

"Clearest thinker among us"

• Kantorek

• Albert Kropp

• Himmelstoss

• Muller

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Former schoolmaster; calls the men "Iron Youth" and urges Paul and his friends to enlist in the army

• Kemmerich

• Kantorek

• Haie

• Tjaden

"the strictest disciplinarian in the camp"

• Kantorek

• Himmelstoss

• Muller

• Tjaden

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Focused on his farm, horses, and wife

• Detering

• Haie

• Joseph Behm

• Kantorek

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6