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"Demian" is a book first and foremost about coming of age and self discovery.
It follows Sinclair from his grammar school days into his 20s when he is drafted into wuh.
And we get to witness his numerous attempts and failures to reconcile his world of light and the outer world of darkness.
The author introduces many characters as beacons to guide Sinclair, mainly "Demian"
It delves into the question of morality and the eternal struggle between conformity and individualism.
The author presents a solution:
- Integration of the shadow self to achieve self-realization.
He urges Sinclair by way of demian, to rebel against his preconceptions. To actually confront his inner demons as a path to salvation.
To accept his dualit and integrate it rather than fight against the tide.
- "true enlightenment comes from within"
To Sinclair's demise, that task was harder than he could've ever imagine.
Failures, sleepless nights, dodgy fellows, his first love, friendships, father figures, his true love and much morewas to follow experience after experience, he managed to gain the tools necessary to weather the storms and forge his path in the world.
Although the author never mentioned the success of his self-realization, the mere fact that the merging began, was a sign of growth. Which is the central trope of this coming of age novel.
It follows Sinclair from his grammar school days into his 20s when he is drafted into wuh.
And we get to witness his numerous attempts and failures to reconcile his world of light and the outer world of darkness.
The author introduces many characters as beacons to guide Sinclair, mainly "Demian"
It delves into the question of morality and the eternal struggle between conformity and individualism.
The author presents a solution:
- Integration of the shadow self to achieve self-realization.
He urges Sinclair by way of demian, to rebel against his preconceptions. To actually confront his inner demons as a path to salvation.
To accept his dualit and integrate it rather than fight against the tide.
- "true enlightenment comes from within"
To Sinclair's demise, that task was harder than he could've ever imagine.
Failures, sleepless nights, dodgy fellows, his first love, friendships, father figures, his true love and much morewas to follow experience after experience, he managed to gain the tools necessary to weather the storms and forge his path in the world.
Although the author never mentioned the success of his self-realization, the mere fact that the merging began, was a sign of growth. Which is the central trope of this coming of age novel.