# XXIX: How a Notably Pious Soldier Fared in Paradise, and How the Huntsman Filled His Place explained — The Adventurous Simplicissimus

> Chapter companion for The Adventurous Simplicissimus by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen.

## What happens

Simplicissimus serves a miserly, pious dragoon who is sent to guard a convent called Paradise. There, Simplicissimus enjoys good food, learns hunting and fencing, and gains favor with the nuns for his singing and lute playing. When his master dies of fever, Simplicissimus inherits his position and money, becoming the new 'little huntsman.'

## Themes in this chapter

### Greed and Money

The dragoon's miserliness and hoarding of ducats contrast with Simplicissimus's opportunistic trading of found goods.

### Deception and Appearance

Simplicissimus's fine green coat and gentlemanly bearing lead the nuns to mistake him for nobility, despite his lowly service.

### Fortune and Fate

Simplicissimus's luck turns from suffering to comfort at Paradise, and he inherits his master's wealth and position.

## Character check-ins

### Simplicissimus

Serves a miserly dragoon, enjoys life at Paradise convent, learns hunting and fencing, and inherits his master's position.

### The Huntsman of Soest

The convent's huntsman teaches Simplicissimus hunting arts; Simplicissimus becomes known as the 'little huntsman.'

## Key lines

> Old Miserly lies here, a soldier brave and good, Who all his lifetime through shed ne'er a drop of blood.

The epitaph for the dragoon mocks him as a miserly soldier who never fought.

_Simplicissimus writes this epitaph after his master dies._

> There is no devil in hell with such a name.

The muster-clerk cannot spell Simplicissimus's name and curses it.

_Simplicissimus cleverly retorts about the clerk's own name, winning the captain's favor._

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