# Detering — All Quiet on the Western Front character guide

> Detering in All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0002-i

## Who they are

A homesick soldier who longs for his farm and family.

## Relationships

### [Albert Kropp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_quiet_on_the_western_front_se/characters/albert_kropp)

_friendship_

Kropp and Detering are comrades, with Detering's homesickness and quiet nature contrasting Kropp's more analytical personality.

### [Albert Kropp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_quiet_on_the_western_front_se/characters/albert_kropp)

_friendship_

Kropp and Detering are comrades, with Detering's homesickness and quiet nature contrasting Kropp's more analytical personality.

## In the story

### [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_quiet_on_the_western_front_se/chapters/iv)

A farmer who is deeply distressed by the suffering of the horses, cursing and wanting to shoot them.

### [Chapter V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_quiet_on_the_western_front_se/chapters/v)

Says he would go straight back to harvesting if the war ended, showing his longing for home.

### [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_quiet_on_the_western_front_se/chapters/ix)

Growls about the war's impact.

### [The Idyll and the Interruption](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_quiet_on_the_western_front_se/chapters/x)

Part of the group guarding the village.

### [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/all_quiet_on_the_western_front_se/chapters/xi)

Deserts after seeing a cherry tree in blossom, driven by homesickness; caught by field gendarmes.

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