# Justus Anders — The Breaking of the Storm character guide

> Justus Anders in The Breaking of the Storm by Friedrich Spielhagen.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Justus, Herr Anders, Justus Anders, Anders

**First appearance:** 0001-i

## Snapshot

A sculptor with sharp eyes and a sharper tongue, Justus Anders is Reinhold's closest friend and Meta's devoted fiancé, a man whose comic grimaces conceal a generous and perceptive heart.

## Who they are

Justus moves between the studio and the social world, carrying messages, reading faces, and speaking uncomfortable truths with disarming humor. He is engaged to Meta von Strummin, whose impulsive affection he returns with patient steadiness, and he refuses to sentimentalize his decision not to marry the blind Cilli — he could only marry a human being, and Meta is that human being. His friendship with Reinhold and his artist's eye make him a reliable witness to the emotional currents running beneath the novel's surface.

## Relationships

### [Reinhold Schmidt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_breaking_of_the_storm_se/characters/reinhold_schmidt)

_friendship_

Justus Anders is Reinhold's loyal and steadfast friend, a fellow officer who stands by him through trials.

### [Reinhold Schmidt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_breaking_of_the_storm_se/characters/reinhold_schmidt)

_friendship_

Justus Anders is Reinhold's loyal and steadfast friend, a fellow officer who stands by him through trials.

### [Reinhold Schmidt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_breaking_of_the_storm_se/characters/reinhold_schmidt)

_friendship_

Justus Anders is Reinhold's loyal and steadfast friend, a fellow officer who stands by him through trials.

## In the story

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

Arrives late, cheerful and talkative; discusses his commission for a victory monument and proposes using Reinhold, Uncle Ernst, Aunt Rikchen, Cilli, and General von Werben as models.

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

Mentioned as having commissioned statues for Philip's new house and as a friend of the family.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_breaking_of_the_storm_se/chapters/vi)

Mentioned by Cilli as the one who told her about Reinhold and described his hand as strong and true.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_breaking_of_the_storm_se/chapters/vii)

Sculptor whose studio Reinhold seeks; he is dressing for the Exhibition.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_breaking_of_the_storm_se/chapters/viii)

Enters the studio, criticizes Ferdinanda's work, and leaves with Antonio for the Exhibition.

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

Mentioned as the employer of Antonio and as someone visited by a French sculptor who admired Ferdinanda.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_breaking_of_the_storm_se/chapters/iii)

Sculptor; shows his studio and defends Ferdinanda's work; leaves briefly to attend to a committee member.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_breaking_of_the_storm_se/chapters/vi)

Reinhold's cheerful friend and sculptor, who models Reinhold's head and urges him to return to sea.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_breaking_of_the_storm_se/chapters/vii)

Artist and friend who interrupts Reinhold and Cilli's conversation, mentions his Memorial Committee, and later speculates about Papa Kreisel's investments.

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

Justus works on the bas-relief, proposes to Meta, and is blessed by Cilli.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_breaking_of_the_storm_se/chapters/xiii)

Meets Reinhold at the station; distraught over Herr von Strummin's rejection of his suit for Meta; laments the effect of love on his art.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_breaking_of_the_storm_se/chapters/vi)

Talks with Ottomar, learns of Ottomar's distress, and observes the escalating tensions at the party.

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

Returns from a wardrobe-hunting expedition with Meta, discusses marriage and Cilli's fate, discovers Cilli's body.

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