Dr. Behrens Character Analysis in The Magic Mountain

Dr. Behrens is the director of the Berghof. Settembrini detests the man and sneeringly calls him Rhadamanthus, a reference to one of the judges of the dead in the underworld in Greek mythology. Settembrini’s nickname for Behrens links Behrens with death and destruction. And indeed, it is apt to associate Behrens with death—he rarely succeeds in rehabilitating patients, many of whom seem to become sicker under his care, and he routinely pushes back patients’ discharge dates indefinitely. In reality, though, Behrens has very little control over his patients’ fates, as many of them are so ill that recovery is impossible. While Behrens conveys an outward interest in healing his patients, this is merely a front to conceal the hopelessness of their situations. Behrens’s attitude toward death and illness is detached and unsentimental, and this appalls Hans, who believes there ought to be dignity and meaning in illness, suffering, and death.

Dr. Behrens Quotes in The Magic Mountain

The The Magic Mountain quotes below are all either spoken by Dr. Behrens or refer to Dr. Behrens. 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:

“Illness makes people even more physical, turns them into only a body.”

Related Characters: Hans Castorp (speaker), Dr. Behrens, Joachim Ziemssen

Page Number and Citation: 175

Explanation and Analysis:

Hans accompanies Joachim to his checkup. As Dr. Behrens examines Joachim, Hans looks at his cousin’s unclothed, frail form and considers how illness affects a person’s body and soul. Just before this passage, Hans lamented the tragedy of Joachim’s body turning on him. Unlike Hans, who has gradually adjusted to life at the Berghof and does not despair when he suddenly falls ill and must postpone his exit indefinitely, Joachim has never allowed himself to adjust to the Berghof or to the culture of illness. He is a solider with a strong sense of duty, and he has been resolute Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti n

“The only healthy and noble and indeed, let me expressly point out, the only religious way in which to regard death is to perceive and feel it as a constituent part of life, as life’s holy prerequisite, and not to separate it intellectually, to set it up in opposition to life, or, worse, to play it off against life in some disgusting fashion—for that is indeed the antithesis of a healthy, noble, reasonable, and religious view. […] Death is to be honored as the cradle of life, the womb of renewal. Once separated from life, it becomes grotesque, a wraith—or even worse. For as an independent spiritual power, death is a very depraved force, whose wicked attractions are very strong and without doubt can cause the most abominable confusion of the human mind.”

Related Characters: Lodovico Settembrini (speaker), Dr. Behrens, Leo Naphta, Hans Castorp

Page Number and Citation: 197

Explanation and Analysis:

Dr. Behrens has recently examined Hans and, finding him sufficiently ill, demanded that Hans postpone his departure. Then, he put him on bedrest. Settembrini visits Hans during this time to check up on his young mentee—but also to dispense some important advice about how to make sense of his new illness. In this passage, Settembrini elaborates on some of the ideas he has already shared with Hans, notably the relationship between life and death. Settembrini delivers these remarks in response to Hans’s claim that exposure to death gives a person insight into life’s inherent cruelties—in short, that engaging with death Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollit

And Hans Castorp saw exactly what he should have expected to see, but which no man was ever intended to see and which he himself had never presumed he would be able to see: he saw his own grave. Under that light, he saw the process of corruption anticipated, saw the flesh in which he moved decomposed, expunged, dissolved into airy nothingness […] he beheld a familiar part of his body, and for the first time in his life he understood that he would die.

Related Characters: Hans Castorp, Dr. Behrens

Related Symbols: X-Ray

Page Number and Citation: 215-216

Explanation and Analysis:

Hans has recently fallen ill and accepted his new life as a resident of the Berghof. During a checkup, Behrens X-rays Hans, and Hans sees his insides for the first time. What Hans sees deeply unsettles him, and he describes it as something “which no man was ever intended to see and which he himself had never presumed he would be able to see: […] his own grave.” Hans had firsthand experience with death early in his life: both his parents died when he was very young. Previously, he reasoned that this early exposure to death may have enriched him Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur

“Oh, you and your learning! You’re always learning up here—about biology and botany and slippery turning points. And you started in on ‘time’ your first day here. When what we’re here to do is to get healthier, not more clever—healthier, until we’re truly healthy, so they can finally let us go free and send us back to the flatlands cured.”

Related Characters: Joachim Ziemssen (speaker), Hans Castorp, Lodovico Settembrini, Clavdia Chauchat, Dr. Behrens, Leo Naphta

Page Number and Citation: 379

Explanation and Analysis:

Hans and Joachim are walking back from a visit with Naphta and Settembrini, during which Naphta and Settembrini debated their respective ideals. Hans recognizes that much of what Naphta said was irrational but finds himself intrigued by the man nonetheless, and he’s annoyed at Joachim for his disinterest in their new acquaintance. Hans’s insistence annoys Joachim in return, and he lashes out at Hans, expressing his growing impatience with Hans for “always learning up here[.]” Since Clavdia left the Berghof, Hans has begun his self-education in earnest, throwing himself into textbooks on philosophy and various fields of science. Joachim sees Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi qu

“Yes, you’re cured. The spot at the upper left isn’t worth talking about. Your temperature has nothing to do with it. I can’t tell you what causes that. I assume it’s of no further importance. As far as I’m concerned, you may leave.”

Related Characters: Dr. Behrens (speaker), Hans Castorp, Joachim Ziemssen

Page Number and Citation: 411

Explanation and Analysis:

Joachim has just announced his plans to leave the Berghof against Behrens’s orders so that he can return to his military service. A dismayed Behrens asks if Hans will leave with Joachim, assuming that Hans will do just that. When Hans replies that he’ll only leave if he has Behrens’s permission, Behrens offers the above quotation in response. The revelation that he is apparently “cured” shocks and unsettles Hans, who has by this point fully settled in at the Berghof and committed himself to a life of illness and suffering. He has become so invested in his illness and its Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex consequatur magnam. Aliquid iste enim. Sequi aut maxime. Adipisci voluptate et. Voluptas suscipit alias. In et eveniet. Eaque e

But honor was the death of him, or—if you turn it the other way around—death did him the honor.

Related Characters: Dr. Behrens (speaker), Joachim Ziemssen

Page Number and Citation: 529

Explanation and Analysis:

After Joachim dies, Behrens visits his room to pay his respects. In this passage, Behrens laments Joachim’s decision to return to his military service, a choice that ultimately led to his death. Although Behrens had strongly advised Joachim to reconsider his decision to leave the Berghof prematurely, ultimately Joachim’s sense of duty prevailed, and he left the Berghof against Behrens’s orders. This inevitably caused his health to deteriorate, leading to his return to the Berghof, and finally to his death. This is why Behrens declares Joachim’s “honor” to be “the death of him.” Ultimately, the allure of illness that so Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferend

Dr. Behrens Character Timeline in The Magic Mountain

The timeline below shows where the character Dr. Behrens appears in The Magic Mountain. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

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On their way out of the dining hall, Hans and Joachim run into Director Behrens and Dr. Krokowski. Behrens, a tall, very thin man, introduces himself to Hans. He has... (full context)

Behrens notes Hans’s pale complexion and declares that he’s anemic. He suggests that Hans should work... (full context)

As Hans and Joachim walk, Hans observes what a nice man Behrens is, noting the cleverness of his calling a thermometer a “mercury cigar.” And that reminds... (full context)

...girl, Hermine Kleefeld, uses her “pneumothorax” to whistle. He explains that pneumothorax is a surgery Behrens performs, wherein nitrogen gas is put into the body through a small incision in order... (full context)

...that had given her this momentary strength. Many people react this way, he explains, and Behrens knows how to respond to calm them. He simply and frankly tells them not to... (full context)

...way.” But Hans fiercely rejects this, insisting that the dying deserve “nobler” treatment than what Behrens is giving them. Suddenly, the men see a man (later revealed to be Settembrini) walking... (full context)

Settembrini changes the subject to rail against Director Behrens, ridiculing him for his large feet, his “summer cure”—an idea he claims to have invented—and... (full context)

Hans complains about Behrens demanding that Hans take his own temperature—surely he must have been joking. Hans doesn’t even... (full context)

...their business as usual. Frau Stöhr rambles on about her checkup that morning, explaining that Behrens informed her she’d have to stay there five more months. Dinner that night is elaborate... (full context)

...he has dreams that are even more disturbing than the night before. In tonight’s dream, Behrens approaches Hans and commands that Hans do “a few spiffing years of service with us... (full context)

...there are filled with oxygen. They’re used to temporarily revitalize patients just before they die. Behrens calls the dying patients the morbundi. Hans runs into him one day in the hall,... (full context)

...by themselves because Hans wants to smoke a cigar—they’ve been tasting better lately. The doctors, Behrens and Krokowski, attend the concert too. (full context)

Later that day, Hans and Joachim discuss the management and structure of the Berghof. Director Behrens, it turns out, is not the owner of the institution—he is not an independent agent... (full context)

As Hans listens to Joachim talk about Behrens’s backstory, he expresses the same doubt about Behrens as the narrator has just voiced. Joachim... (full context)

Meanwhile, Joachim’s mood becomes increasingly gloomy and dejected as he continues to plead with Behrens to let him return to the “flatlands” below and resume his military duties. Joachim insists... (full context)

...him make sense of these unusual and troubling thoughts. He thinks back to the advice Behrens gave him when he first arrived about living as a resident. Hans thinks of Behrens... (full context)

After dinner, Joachim suggests to Hans that he accompany him to his monthly checkup with Behrens tomorrow—he can give Hans a quick look-over then. Hans agrees. They run into Behrens himself... (full context)

The next day, Hans accompanies Joachim to his appointment and watches as Behrens taps on different parts of Joachim’s body, ordering him to alternatively cough and take deep... (full context)

When Behrens finishes, Joachim starts to ask him if he can go home soon, but Behrens sternly... (full context)

Hans gets up for his turn. Behrens spins him around as though he’s a thing, not a person. He taps around on... (full context)

...after all, when one is a bedridden patient. And that’s what Hans has been, per Behrens’s orders. (full context)

...so. Hans jokes along, recalling with some amusement the names by which Settembrini referred to Behrens and Krokowski on Hans’s first day at the Berghof—Rhadamanthus and Minos, two judges of hell. (full context)

...before she first arrived at the Berghof. Hans laughs this off but assures Settembrini that Behrens did indeed identify some cavities in Hans’s lungs. Settembrini gleefully replies that sometimes spots that... (full context)

...unable to join him outside to enjoy the sun. But then, toward the end of Behrens’s recommended period of bedrest for Hans, the weather turns gloomy once more. When Behrens examines... (full context)

One day, Fräulein Engelhart gives Hans some unsettling news: Clavdia has been posing for Behrens in his private residence to have her portrait painted. Upon hearing this, Hans returns to... (full context)

...is at. Joachim and Clavdia complain about the doctor being behind schedule. Hans thinks about Behrens painting Clavdia’s portrait—an interpretation of her exterior. Then he thinks about her being X-rayed, revealing... (full context)

...looks like “a photographer’s studio, a darkroom, or an inventor’s workshop and a sorcerer’s laboratory.” Behrens is there and greets them. Joachim immediately removes his clothes. Behrens tells Hans that seeing... (full context)

Joachim goes first. Behrens turns off the lights and explains that they must wait for their eyes to adjust... (full context)

...on the viewing apparatus, he sees something no mortal should ever see: “his own grave.” Behrens, noting Hans’s disturbed reaction, admits that the whole thing is a bit creepy. In no... (full context)

Hans tells Settembrini about the nodules that Behrens saw on his X-ray the other day. Settembrini says something derogatory about the director, and... (full context)

...able to enjoy the taste of them once more—so he’s not too upset. Just then, Behrens approaches the cousins. He inquires about Hans’s cigar, and then he and Hans exchange brands.... (full context)

Behrens’s quarters are furnished in the “Turkish” style. His paintings mostly consist of landscapes, though there... (full context)

...superior art form and suggests that the portrait of Clavdia might look better hung above Behrens’s sofa. He's not at all self-conscious about his unprompted, long-winded spiel. After, Hans and Joachim... (full context)

Hans changes the subject, asking Behrens about human skin. He explains that he’s very interested in the human body in general.... (full context)

Hans eagerly asks Behrens to expand on his earlier mention of the lymphatic system, and Behrens obliges. Hans exclaims... (full context)

Behrens then talks about the protein that causes rigor mortis, a phenomenon Hans happily admits being... (full context)

...very seriously, putting lots of thought into the communal gift they plan to give to Behrens on Christmas Eve. Settembrini suggests a book-in-progress called Sociology of Suffering, but nobody other than... (full context)

Behrens’s son, Knut, comes to visit him over the holidays, and all the ladies dress well,... (full context)

After dinner, the residents present their gifts to Behrens. The Russians give him a monogrammed silver plate, the uselessness of which is obvious to... (full context)

...the rules, though he doesn’t have much of an issue with it. He also thinks Behrens would make an exception if Hans explained his idea to him. (full context)

...next spring. Her parents had arrived at the Berghof wanting to take Leila home, but Behrens told them it simply couldn’t be done—she’s too fragile. Hans walks into town and buys... (full context)

After Leila Gerngross dies, Hans happens upon Behrens in the hallway. Behrens tells Hans he’s on his way to visit “Lady Overblown” and... (full context)

Then the Overblown Woman (whose real name is Frau Zimmermann) tells Hans the origins of Behrens’s nickname for her, assuring him that it is terribly funny and laughing nonstop as she... (full context)

Hans also enjoys his visits to Karen Karstedt, one of Behrens’s outpatients whom he recommended the cousins visit and go on outings with around Davos-Dorf, including... (full context)

Meanwhile, Behrens and Krokowski also join in on the festivities. Across the dining hall, Behrens leads people... (full context)

...taken aback. Clavdia clarifies: she’s leaving the Berghof tomorrow morning. She’s not fully cured, but Behrens doesn’t think there’s much more they can do for her here. Hans asks if she’ll... (full context)

As Clavdia sarcastically predicated, Hans’s fever did indeed rise after their interaction. As a result, Behrens starts giving him injections. On one such occasion, Hans mentions to Behrens the foolish optimism... (full context)

...been there for a long time before Hans first arrived, left in a huff after Behrens declared that her condition had worsened and that she needed to stay for five more... (full context)

That afternoon, during an examination with Behrens, Joachim confirms Hans’s fears, announcing with finality that he has decided to leave the Berghof... (full context)

Behrens assumes that Hans will accompany Joachim, but Hans replies that he’ll only leave with Behrens’s... (full context)

Immediately, Joachim makes arrangements for his departure. Behrens gives him “semiapproval” for his exit, and Joachim stops tracking his temperature. Joachim arranges to... (full context)

...departure, and he’s now sitting at Settembrini’s old table, opposite the empty chair reserved for Behrens. His new tablemates include an amateur photographer from Mexico, an old woman from Transylvania, and... (full context)

...Switzerland on a business trip, Hans calmly accepted the news and passed it along to Behrens. (full context)

...and Hans has already been here for over a year. He promises to talk to Behrens about Hans’s condition, and Hans encourages him to do so. (full context)

The next day, James meets Behrens in the dining hall. Behrens enthusiastically tells James that it’s great he’s here—not just for... (full context)

...his room to tell him that he’ll have to wait his turn to meet with Behrens since he’s not sick and therefore not a top priority. The nurse’s aggressive behavior unsettles... (full context)

On James’s sixth day at the Berghof, he finally has his meeting with Behrens. He goes into it wanting to have a serious discussion about Hans, but he seems... (full context)

...more active, so one day he decides to buy skis. If he were to tell Behrens about his plan, the doctor would surely reject it—athletic activity is prohibited due to the... (full context)

When Hans relays the new to Behrens, Behrens isn’t surprised at all. Hans spreads the news of Joachim’s return to all the... (full context)

...he’s come down with a cold. She leaves him with some medicine and bandages. After Behrens examines him, it’s clear that Joachim won’t be making another “fraudulent” exit from the Berghof.... (full context)

Later, Behrens examines Joachim’s throat and determines that it will have to be painted every day. He... (full context)

After many failed attempts, Hans manages to get Behrens alone to interrogate him about Joachim’s health. Surely, Hans asks the doctor, Joachim’s condition is... (full context)

Hans realizes the implication and confirms that things don’t look good for Joachim. Behrens explains that Joachim’s larynx is rapidly deteriorating. He urges Hans to be good to Joachim... (full context)

Soon, Joachim is bedridden. It’s clear from his eyes that he wants his mother there. Behrens signs off on this, and Frau Ziemssen arrives as soon as possible. When she looks... (full context)

...gently “close the eyelids of the motionless form that no longer breathed.” A nurse notifies Behrens, who comes to the room and silently observes Joachim’s corpse. Behrens remarks that Joachim’s “honor... (full context)

...that evening. He takes all his meals sitting beside Clavdia at the Good Russian table. Behrens doesn’t know where Clavdia found him, but he’s heard that the two share all traveling... (full context)

...Hans, and she and Peeperkorn keep to themselves during social hours. Later, Hans learns that Behrens has diagnosed Peeperkorn as having “Quartan fever,” since he falls ill with it every fourth... (full context)

...night the socializing in the lobby turns a bit more festive than usual—even Krokowski and Behrens join in. Hans, meanwhile, sits apart from the crowd in the reading room, scanning a... (full context)

...the entire time she’s been gone—and waiting for her. He also says he’s still sick: Behrens recently discovered a new “moist spot” in Hans’s lungs, which is what’s causing Hans’s constant,... (full context)

A bit later, word spreads that Behrens is heading their way to break up the party, and people begin to panic. Peeperkorn... (full context)

...quarters and finds the door to Peeperkorn’s parlor wide open. The head nurse, Krokowski, and Behrens are all gathered around Peeperkorn’s bed. Clavdia is there, too, but her back is turned... (full context)

Behrens and others exit, and finally only Hans, Clavdia, and a Malayan guard remain. Clavdia tells... (full context)

Sometime after Peeperkorn’s death, Behrens approaches Hans, noting how “bored” and “jaded” Hans seems. He explains that something is odd... (full context)

Sometime later, Behrens takes samples from Hans’s blood to see if any cocci—the possible cause of Hans’s lingering... (full context)

...gramophone isn’t some old antique: it's modern, beautiful, and of the highest quality, according to Behrens. And it’s German-made, to boot. All the residents listen in awe as the gramophone plays... (full context)

...it’s probably a good idea to have a doctor onsite. It’s unthinkable to ask Rhadamanthus (Behrens) to be there, since the director of a medical facility is unlikely to assist in... (full context)

...Instead, they only ask him if he’s slept “well,” and this is only a formality. Behrens hardly speaks to him. He no longer requires supervision—nobody expects him to do anything rash... (full context)

Dr. Behrens Character Analysis

Dr. Behrens Quotes in The Magic Mountain

Part 4, Chapter 10: The Thermometer Quotes

Part 5, Chapter 1: Eternal Soup and Sudden Clarity Quotes

Part 5, Chapter 2: “My God, I See It!” Quotes

Part 6, Chapter 2: Someone Else Quotes

Part 6, Chapter 4: An Outburst of Temper/Something Very Embarrassing Quotes

Part 6, Chapter 8: A Good Soldier Quotes

Dr. Behrens Character Timeline in The Magic Mountain