Steppenwolf

Main Ideas

• The duality of human nature and the internal conflict between instinctive desires and societal expectations
• The search for life's meaning and self-discovery through suffering and personal experience
• Critique of bourgeois society and its values, reflecting the pain of alienation from society
• The importance of art and music in self-discovery and achieving harmony with oneself
• The creation of the 'Magic Theater' as a metaphor for the journey into the depths of the subconscious and the search for the true 'self'
• Overcoming internal fragmentation and achieving personal wholeness through the awareness and acceptance of one's inner contradictions