He is also baptized as 'the steppe wolf', a being extremely misunderstood and lonely. The main character he describes himself as a foreigner, thinker, lover of Mozart and poetry. Try Audible 3 months free: thousands of audiobooks available This rapporteur from time to time expresses his opinion on Haller, whom he describes as a man intelligent and thoughtful, yet spiritually disturbed. The first narrator (he introduces himself as the 'editor' of Harry's manuscript) is the teenage nephew of the owner of the pension where the protagonist is staying. However, that same intelligence leads him to lose himself in his shadowy mental labyrinths in the midst of his philosophical deliberations. In the same way, he possesses a sublime intellect that allows him to appreciate art and to sensitively grasp the essence of the elements around him. In Haller, deep feelings of guilt coexist with obvious delusions of grandeur. As events unfold, the boundaries between reality and dreams become blurred. Although from the outset this He is pristine and polite, clutter in your room is the first sign of your internal disturbances. The plot itself is a psychological analysis of Harry Haller, the protagonist, a brilliant writer and poet, mentally disturbed and downcast. A) Yes, the story revolves around an incessant moral debate inside the head of the main character. Undoubtedly, the nocturnal carnivore is an enemy of humanity and of the socially accepted customs to contain the true wild nature of man. Instead, the dog is a figure whose opinion of his environment and those around him constantly distills mockery and ironies. Try Kindle Unlimited for free: million books for you After her divorce in 1923, Hesse went through another period of isolation and depression, both of which are evident in the history of the wolf. In addition, his first wife suffered schizophrenic episodes (the marriage never got over that trance).

Psychotherapy was necessary due to the existential crisis of the writer caused by the death of his father plus the severe illness of his son Martin. Carl Gustav Jung, whom the author later met. In fact, between 19 he was a patient of Dr. Certainly, There are similarities between the psyche of the protagonist of the story and the life of Hesse. The Steppenwolf It has been the subject of innumerable theses and academic studies most of them coincide in pointing out the autobiographical nature of the book. 3.3 Literary consecration and marriagesĪnalysis of Steppe wolf Context of the work.

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