Part one of term paper
Hermann Hesse's novel, , is the story of a young man trying to find his place between the two realms of good and evil. Right from the beginning of the novel Hesse introduces the reader to Emil, of whom the novel is based around. The reader sees how Emil's "good" world of peace, love and protection becomes mingled in the "evil" world of lies ...

Part two of term paper
... a better understanding of the direction the novel and where its characters are moving in. Hesse's use of dreams help develop Emil from innocent child to educated man. The first significant dream occurs on page nineteen. Emil dreams that he is on a boat, "surrounded by absolute peace and the glow of a holiday." He dreams of how his sisters' "white summer dresses shimmer in the sun." As Emil awakes he describes himself having fallen "out of paradise back into reality, again face to face with th ...