all quiet on the western front-characters

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…is is a schoolmaster who convinced many of his students, including Paul, to enlist in the army. While he would preach about how joining the war was an honorable thing to do, he himself would never enlist. His students would laugh when a letter was received from him because he send them their best wishes. And while he was safe, sitting at home with a pen, they were witnessing death and destruction all around them.