Steppenwolf And Siddhartha Study Guide And Aid - David Blevins

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This is a 64 Page breakdown of Hermann Hesse's "Steppenwolf & Siddhartha".This study aid gives detail summaries and analysis of each chapter as well the understanding. This includes plots, character analysis, themes, symbols, quotations, and key facts from the work.

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Example Summary from Preface

Steppenwolf uses three different first-person narrators; this is the first. Its supposed author offers it rather apologetically to introduce the "records" left behind by Harry Haller some years before, which this narrator plans to publish. The Preface was therefore written several years after the events recounted, and covers the whole period of the novel itself.

As the nephew of the lodging house landlady, this narrator occupied the rooms next door to Haller's and thus had numerous encounters with the man. In describing Haller, he reveals himself as a well-meaning but stodgy young businessman of conventional habits and tastes. He disapproves of Haller's irregular hours and obvious lack of employment, but in the end he responds sympathetically to the eccentric stranger. Some years have passed since Haller left, but the narrator confesses that he is still haunted by the disturbing, yet somehow appealing impression Haller made on him.

NOTE: The Preface is used to give a realistic introduction to memoirs that may or may not be real. Hesse also used this "framework" device for two other novels. Can you offer one strength and one weakness of this technique?

Steppenwolf has been called the most autobiographical of Hesse's novels, and the narrator's first paragraphs bear this out. His description of Haller is identical with that of Hesse at the time he was writing the novel. To paint his self-portrait through the eyes of a member of the middle-class that he so despised may strike you as Hesse's private joke. At the same time, it has a serious literary purpose. It sets before you in ordinary terms the character in whose company you are to make a fantastic journey. The more believable the Preface makes Harry Haller, the more convincing will be his adventures.

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