A German soldier and children’s doctor from Hamburg. Levi’s brother is killed in the explosion set off by Stephen Wraysford when he is stuck in the collapsed tunnel with Jack Firebrace, and Levi personally rescues Stephen. Levi is a good man who feels obliged to defend his country, and he is deeply religious and guided by his faith. When he finally frees Stephen from the trenches, instead of treating him like his enemy, he embraces him like a brother.
Lieutenant Levi Quotes in Birdsong
The Birdsong quotes below are all either spoken by Lieutenant Levi or refer to Lieutenant Levi. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part Six: France 1918
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Levi looked at this wild-eyed figure, half-demented, his brother’s killer. For no reason he could tell, he found that he had opened his own arms in turn, and the two men fell upon each other’s shoulders, weeping at the bitter strangeness of their human lives.
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Lieutenant Levi Quotes in Birdsong
The Birdsong quotes below are all either spoken by Lieutenant Levi or refer to Lieutenant Levi. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Part Six: France 1918
Quotes
Levi looked at this wild-eyed figure, half-demented, his brother’s killer. For no reason he could tell, he found that he had opened his own arms in turn, and the two men fell upon each other’s shoulders, weeping at the bitter strangeness of their human lives.
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