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This 5 page paper discusses the dual nature of Harry Haller that Hesse describes in his classic novel Steppenwolf. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. The Inner Battle of the Steppen Wolf Research
Compiled by K. Von Huben 5/2010 Please Introduction Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse is a novel that
is rightly celebrated as an important work of fiction. Combining his powers of narrative with newly-discovered psychological insights, Hesse created a character that resonates with almost all readers: the unhappy
Harry Haller, whose search for meaning touches us all. This paper discusses the way in which Hallers inner conflict reflects humanitys conflict between our primitive instincts and a more modern
idea of self. Discussion The novel is really a long examination of the working of a mans psyche. Haller is an Everyman, and as he struggles to define himself, and
find some meaning in his existence, the reader can identify strongly with his goals. But this is not a clinical journal; Hesse uses a great deal of symbolism to illustrate
the conflict within Haller. One thing of importance should be noted at the outset: this is not a novel in which the protagonist searches to understand his motivations and then
finds, to his horror, that he has a primitive nature at war with his civilized self. No indeed. Haller freely admits that he is both man and beast; it is
he who refers to himself as a "steppen wolf," a wolf from the steppes. He knows his nature is conflicted; the novel is rather a description of his attempt to
find a way to live with this divided self than it is a discovery of the division. The narrator of the book, who is not Haller but the nephew of
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