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* HeroesWantRedheads: Gerda has long, beautiful red hair.
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Subverted in the school chapter. In Hanno's class there's the student Wasservogel who's described as very ugly, but all the teachers treat him very generously to prove to themselves and the world that they don't fall victim to this trope.

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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Subverted Defied in the school chapter. In Hanno's class there's the student Wasservogel who's described as very ugly, but all the teachers treat him very generously to prove to themselves and the world that they don't fall victim to this trope.
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* MercyKill: Discussed, as Thomas Mann was a strong advocate for legal euthanasia. [[spoiler:Elizabeth's death is extremely gruesome and takes several hours, in which she is fully conscious and repeatedly asks for a sedative to make her pass easier. However, the present doctors, sworn to keep all their patients alive as long as possible, give her stimulants instead, prolonging her suffering.]]
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* FoodPornq: The book describes various dishes in great detail. An example just from the first chapter of the book:

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* FoodPornq: FoodPorn: The book describes various dishes in great detail. An example just from the first chapter of the book:

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* FoodPornFoodPornq: The book describes various dishes in great detail. An example just from the first chapter of the book:
--> "Herb soup with toast, fish, a colossal brick-red breaded ham with shallot sauce, and so many vegetables that everyone could have eaten from a single bowl. This is followed by 'Plettenpudding', a layered mixture of macaroons, raspberries, biscuits and custard, accompanied by golden yellow grape-sweet old malvasia in small dessert wine glasses"
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"mit avec" is actually a (pretty old-fashioned) proverb with the meaning "full of enthusiasm"


* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: When Thomas takes over the firm, the other businessmen state that he wants to make money "mit avec". "Mit" is German for "with", and "avec" is French.

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