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InAugust1914,amidstthepublicecstasysurroundingtheimpendingwar,HansGastl,theseventeenyear-oldsonofaMunichbürger,makesadecision:hewillnottakepartinthiswar.Thisresolutionsignifiesaturningpointinhislife;afarewelltohisclassandhisfamily.Hisnotionsof"transformation"arestillnebulous,butareneverthelesslinkedwithasensiblelifeinajustsociety.Theresolutiondoesnotcomespontaneously:sincehewasachild,Gastl,thesonofaseniorpublicprosecutor,hasrebelledagainstthedecadenceandmereappearanceofmoralityinhisparent'shousehold.InrelatingtohisschoolmatesFeckandFreyschlag,hewasconstantlytornbetweenadmiringtheircourageandabhorringtheirevilpranks.HethinksabouthisfriendshipwithLöwenstein,whoisaJew,andHartinger,theboyfromtheworkingclass,andabouthistragicallyendinglovefortheprostituteFanny.
