Character Of Janke In All Quiet On The Western Front

c. Lena Brandt is an important character representing this theme of German suffering; the violence done to her and to her family makes it difficult for readers to have a one-sided, fully anti-German view of the war, because of how much the German people suffered under Nazi rule.

“Girl in a Blue Coat” by Monica Hesse is an incredible fictional story written during real historical events. What made the book interesting was that the author made the blue coat as a huge part of the story, because that was the only noticeable information Hanneke had gotten about the Jewish girl. It was fascinating to read about how some characters represented real life people that worked together and tried to overthrow the German Regime. Monica Hesse laid out the themes of love, loss, friendship, hope, and acceptance very well through the events that happen in the story. Hanneke Bakker also grows as a character because she goes from having a strict business relationship with her client to risking her life for them. Hanneke makes a very courageous

There are many heroes in this novel, Stanislaus Katczinsky (Kat) is one of them. Kat is a normal forty years old soldier who helps others because of his kind nature and true leadership. He provides food for the soldiers when it’s most scarce. When the group of soldiers land on an unknown spot and there is no food, Kat takes in charge and goes look for some. “ We[Paul] are dozing off when the door opens and Kat appears. I think I must be dreaming; he has two loaves of bread under his arm and a blood-stained sand bag full of horse-flesh in his hand.” ( Page 39) In a situation of getting bombed and shot at, Kat tries to lighten up the mode. “ It’s good Kat is there. He[Kat] gazes thoughtfully at the front and says: ‘Mighty fine fireworks if they weren’t so dangerous.’ ”(Page 60) Kat lifts the soldier's spirits when they are down, his presence and words provides a little bit of comfort just when others need it. Kat’s nature of heroism is caring for and helping others, while being a true leader. Standing up to a bully is another kind of heroism. Therefore when Paul, Kropp, Tjaden, Haie, and Muller taught Himmelstoss a lesson by beating him up, they became heroes to all the soldiers affected by Himmelstoss’s cruel actions. This group of boys had the courage to make a change for the better by standing up to a bully. They were described to be the “young heroes”(Page 50). No one on the German side was humane towards the prisoners of war, though Paul was the only one who shows compassion towards them. Instead of being cruel towards the defenseless prisoners, Paul helps them by providing some comfort by giving them some cigarettes. Being put in situations like those shown in the novel, these men show the best of themselves through their heroic actions. Regardless of who the person is or what side they fight on, this novel shows the nature of heroism is about the soldiers helping each other out when

First, Janie, the main character, starts off living and being taken care of her grandmother, Nanny. She later grows up to become married, but their relationship is not genuine because her grandmother wanted her to marry the man. Janie meets a man called Joe Starks and they run off to a town called Eatonville where Joe becomes Mayor and blinded by his power. He becomes violent and domestically abuses Janie. Joe would be manipulative and isolate her from the rest of the town because she was "high-class." They live on to become older, and he eventually dies due to a sickness he needed to have checked two years earlier, but it was too late.

The main character's name is called Thomas. he can be best described as Brave, strong, and smart.during the book he changes from a coward to the braver than a soldier. another character in the book is bridie. That's Thomas's sister. another character is corporal Henry green he is the one who takes Thomas and bridie into the army to help.

In Monica Hesse’s Girl in the Blue Coat, themes of World War 2 can be seen throughout the Netherlands, where this story takes place. While this book is not written around a specific battle or event of World War 2, it portrays events such as Jewish holding camps, German soldiers patrolling within the Netherlands, and how the black market had an impact on the people in the war.

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, is a novel illustrating the struggles in World War 1. Paul, whom the novel is based upon, is forced to change his personality to avoid mental damage during war. Paul and his group of friends are altered not only physically, but also mentally. Experiences during war causes them to cast their emotions away to avoid getting hurt emotionally. Paul and his comrades are being shaped by the experiences during war and are beginning to accept that life is fragile. As war drags on, death becomes common enough to become a casual thing for Paul. When Paul goes back to talk to Kemmerich’s mother, he is shock how much pain she is in, “. . . she strikes me as rather stupid all the same. . .Kemmerich

impacts on the soldiers. This novel depicts the life as a soldier in the German Army fighting

The book All Quiet on the Western Front is narrated in first person by the character named Paul Baumer, who shares his experiences on the battlefield during the final two years of the war. Paul is a German soldier who tells the story as he lives it, in the trenches, and on the frontline. Paul is a compassionate, intelligent and sensitive young man who loves his family more than anything and enjoys reading and writing poetry on his free time. Throughout the book, these character traits of Paul vanish because of the horror of the war and the anxiety it brings to him. Paul learns that death is normal and he becomes unable to grieve over the loss of his friends in the war. Paul becomes bitter and depressed throughout the war as he is unable to remember how it feels to be happy and safe.

It is obvious from the opening chapter that this novel will center on the war and the effects it has on a young group of soldiers, none of them more than twenty years of age. They are all friends and former classmates of Paul Baumer, the narrator and protagonist of the book; they have enlisted in the German infantry because their teacher, Kantorek, had painted for them a glorious picture of fighting and saving the homeland from destruction during World War I. In this first chapter, Baumer and his friends are away from the front lines, relaxing a bit after two weeks of fierce fighting. As each of the young men is introduced, it is apparent that they are tired, hungry, angry, and disillusioned over the war.

The author is foreshadowing of bad things yet to come. The German army suddenly appears in their town. They force the

Janka was rushed to the hospital inside the camp after she ran out to the open to save her youngest daughter, Zuzana Grunberger, from the bombing. She heard her screams for help coming from behind the factory, she than realized it was her daughter. When Janka arrived her daughter was lying on the floor with a piece of scrap metal from the factory on her foot making her unable to move. Janka was able to prey off the scrap metal so they could take cover. When Janka helped her daughter up she heard a bomb go off near by at a different factory. Her and her daughter started run when another piece of metal fell on top of Janka. Her youngest daughter stopped running for the inside of the factory and ran to Janka. Janka had told her to go take cover

Paul and his friends joined the army as a group, with their schoolteacher, as a way to say thank you to their country. These friends are minor characters, as they are important to the story, but not as important as Paul. The names of these people are: Kat Katczinsky, Albert Kropp, Tjaden, Haie Westhus, Leer, Franz Kemmerich, Fredrich Müller, and Corporal Himmelstoss. All of these characters get along, except none of the aforementioned people get along with Corporal Himmelstoss. Kat Katczinsky is a “seasoned” war veteran and acts on behalf of Paul’s group- tutoring them and teaching them about war. Albert Kropp is a bright student and acts to stop Himmelstoss’ harsh treatment of Paul and others. Tjaden is nineteen, and likes to eat- so much

“The Assault” by Harry Mulisch is a fictitious novel with a basis in reality, specifically the reality of World War II in Amsterdam. It tracks to story of Anton Steenwijk, whose family was killed by the Germans as a retaliation against the assassination of a Nazi collaborator and police officer, Fake Ploeg. Anton Steenwijk was the only one out of his family of four to survive, and he constantly fights to keep these memories buried through years of practiced repression. Despite this, every now and again, his past is brought to the forefront of his mind by the appearance of characters from his past. Mulisch plants this novel on a historical foundation, allowing it to be an

Chapter 10- When Janie changed into her white self, she had lots of admirers in town. Everything open for frank. The men of property too among the crowd, yet nobody seemed to be any further than the store. She was busy most of the time taking them to the house to be entertained. They were so respectful yet stiff with her, she might have been the Empress of Japan. They felt that it wasnt fitting to the mention desire to the widow of the Joseph Starks. He spoke of honor and also respect. All that they said and did was fracted again by her pitty attention and shot off towards the rimbones. A Sanford under taker was pressing his cause through Pheoby, and Janie was listening pleasantly but undisturbed. It might be nice to marry him, at that. No