Demien realism
Demien realismDuring the course of the novel Demian the author, Hermann Hesse, does create some curiosity in the reader but not much. One instance when Hesse is successful in creating some curiosity is during Emil's period of being harassed by a local bully named Franz Kromer. During this period the reader wonders how Emil will be able to escape from Kromer's black mailing and when Max Demian arrives and mysteriously helps out Emil, the reader is left to wonder what did Demian do to discourage Kromer from harassing Emil. Also the reader wonders why Demian would go through the trouble of helping Emil even though he does not know Emil very well. This is mostly all the excitement the book has. True there are some parts where readers could wonder what will happen to the protagonist, like when Emil becomes an alcoholic but how he is knocked out of that spiral is quite contrived. All of a sudden after just seeing a girl in the park Emil is able to completely change his life around. People work hard for years in rehabilitation centers to fight alcoholism and still even after beating it cannot have another drink in their life but Emil sees this one girl in the park and is instantly changed. Also Emil is so completely changed that later on he is capable of having a drink with Demian and still does not go back to his old ways. However...
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