All Quiet on the Western Front
How does Mittelstaedt treat Kantorek? Why does he do this?
this is from chapter 7
this is from chapter 7
Mittelstaedt completely humiliates Kantorek, much to Paul's delight. He acts like this is a sort of payback for the way Kantorek treated him at school.
Mittelstaedt stops in front of him: "Territorial Kantorek, do you call those buttons polished? You seem as though you can never learn. Inadequate, Kantorek, quite inadequate--"
It makes me bubble with glee. In school Kantorek used to chasten Mittelstaedt with exactly the same expression--"Inadequate, Mittelstaedt, quite inadequate."
All Quiet on the Western Front