Drowning in the sea: Kohn, Maria.
Suicide: Schulz, Paulus.
Surviving: Spinoza Spass, Laaks, Mechenmal.
I. Appearance in the schoolyard. Peter Paulus for Kohn, Laaks against him (Kohn had filled his pants, Max Mechenmal). Later, Kohn joining Paulus against Laaks. Jealousy scenes. Because of Laaks' intrigues, Paulus fails the College Board Exam and shoots himself dead. Farewell letters (touching for Kohn, official funeral, Kohn runs away from it).
Senior teacher Dr. Bryller takes no action, even encourages Paulus, his favorite pupil, to kill himself: Kill yourself before it is too late (as long as you are still capable of it). It doesn't have any purpose, of course, but will give you something like satisfaction. (God is a temporal phenomenon.)
The corpse was carried well-packed in a box to the graveyard, where it was buried for eternity under a cloakroom marker.
II. Scene Kohn, Laaks in bathtub.
Laaks made an attack on Max's femininity.—Laaks and Kohn meet. Kohn greets him, Laaks catches up. Invites him to visit. "No, Mr Laaks". Kohn trembles—"Would you like to take a bath?"—"I have already bathed."—Moonlight shines on the two in the bathtub. In hairy nakedness—his hairy legs, like a woman's—a man's man.
III. Scene in homosexual bar.
(You see, my boy, that's life—he pinched him tenderly on the bottom.)