# Kai Graf Mölln — Buddenbrooks character guide

> Kai Graf Mölln in Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Kai, little Kai, Count Eberhard Mölln

**First appearance:** 0054-part-vi-i

## Who they are

Hanno's only close friend at school, a count's son who shares his sensitive and artistic nature.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/buddenbrooks_se/chapters/part-xi-ii)

Hanno's schoolmate who shows a sense of loyalty and comradeship by secretly helping Hanno during the Latin lesson, despite not personally liking him.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/buddenbrooks_se/chapters/part-xi-iv)

Mentioned for his desperate visit to Hanno's deathbed, where he kissed Hanno's hands repeatedly.

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