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Characteristics

Intelligent / artistic

  • Richard can discuss his poetry and Kilmer's letters with him and the family

Welcoming and hospitable

  • Invites Richard to his house for dinner

optimistic

  • believes people are basically good

Dear Mr Kilmer Minor Characters

Johann Schermer

• Big-boned, beefy man with a walrus-like moustache, warm smile, smokes a pipe

• Highly educated and cultured- house full of books on literature by both German and British writers

• Studied at University of Heidelburg and loves to discuss art, literature, history and music

BY: Wong Jan Cheong

Lee Yee Hang

See Aik Eng

Lim Boon Ping

Ho Liang Xuan

Toh Hong Jun

Characteristics

Hard-working

• Assumes her mother's responsibilities as a full-time farm woman

Responsible

• Does the planting and also looks after animals

Selfless

• Sacrificed school so that she can fill the emptiness when their mother passed away

Understanding

• Realizes that her father had lost two important people in his life and deserves patience and understanding

Frieda Schermer

Angie

• Tall, slender, has thick blonde braids and a twinkle in her eyes

• Loves classical music

• A wonderful cook, cooks all the tradisional German tavern food

  • Travelled to Europe and New York

• Dark, a little stout, broud build like Pa and Gus

• Hard-working , responsible, realistic, selfless, patient, understanding, non-judgemental

Mr Higby

• Encourages and reminds the students to keep reading the papers for the latest newson the war, even during the holidays

• Keeps the students updated on news about World War 1

• Teaches students the truth - the Liberty Bonds posters with racist remarks are inaccurate

• Richard's History teacher who brings history to life in class

gives graphic and vivid accounts of the horrors of trench warfare in Europe

Chracteristics

Charateristics

• pessimistic, believes that people are basically bad

• Generous, compassionate

knits a scarf for Kilmer who is cold and lonely away from home during Christmas

Gus

Brotherly

• Tries to help his younger brother fir in, encourages Richard to be involved in sports

Lazy

  • Gets involved in sports partly to escape farm duties

Adventurous

• Only sees the glamour of war

Stubborn

  • Signs up for the army as soon as he finishes high school without consulting Pa

Impatient

• Can't wait to get into the army to participate in the war

Mr Garrison

• Richard's older brother

• Dark and brawny like Pa, an outdoor person

• Brotherly, a mediocre student

• Dislikes farm work, prefers playing sports

• Athletic, popular, sociable, showy, reckless, impatient

• Editor of the local newspaper, The Turtle Lake Weekly

• Prints Richard's tribute to Joyce Kilmer In Memory of Sergeant Joyce Kilmer

• Subsequently, Richard's poems are printed in every editiion thus reaching a wider audience

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