1. Tournier couches Rominten in a very mystical setting (and we also see this through the eyes of Abel). What do you make of Rominten, Goering, Otto Essing? What do they represent?
2. Discuss the emphasis upon animals in Rominten. What do you think the aurochs symbolize? Or why the emphasis on the hunt? Try to extract as many meanings as possible from this.
3. Bluebeard is a very important character in the text - how does the horse serve as a mirror image for Abel? What dos the horse symbolize for him? Why is this important?
4. Discuss the Napola. You can focus on a number of things: Tiffauge's role/s here, Dr. Blattchen, the Germanization of Tiffauge's name, the life of the Jungmannen, their bizarre quasi-religious ceremonies, etc. What do you make of this?
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