Demian is the story of Emil Sinclair, son of a bourgeois family whose life is a struggle to determine the difference between illusion and truth. The story is one of self-discovery and growth to awareness. It follows Emil as, guided by his classmate Max Demian, he learns to distinguish the falsehoods of the world from his own essential spiritual nature. Emil's journey takes him to true self-awareness and then to enlightenment.
While reading Demian I felt that Hesse was a stirring writer I also felt that he has a bit of dangerousness when it comes to writing novels and he is also a bit edgy This has made his novel even more intriguing to read this book continues to keep you interested and wanting to read more about Sinclair and his situations Sinclair is a very unusual character I thought which made me want to continue reading to find out how he would handle his altercations Hesse made this novel very intense and powe