All Quiet on the Western Front | Roles of the Secondary Characters in Remarque's Novel
Essay evaluating the roles of the secondary characters in Remarque's novel.
In the following essay, Henningfeld, an assistant professor of English at Adrian College, evaluates the roles of the secondary characters in Remarque's novel.
Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front has as its narrator the young German foot soldier, Paul Baumer. However, in addition to Paul, there are a number of other important characters who function in a variety of ways throughout the book. These secondary characters tend toward stereotypical representations of particular types Remarque wanted present in his account of life at the front.
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