the greatest philisophical literature to ever come out of germany

thank you, Hesse

This was the EVA of its time

>>24504298
wut

BRRRRRRRAAAAAAAPPPPP
BUUURP
>*throw feces at OP*

what is the philosophy here

Siddhartha is better. Steppenwolf is just Confederacy of Dunces but with no humor

>>24504374
>what is the philosophy here

dont be a redditor

>>24504374
morals and vices are all pieces of our character in the cosmic chessboard of life, dont think too much about it and just enjoy the fun of the moment

>>24504374
There are two steppenwolves inside of you:
>fuck it we ball
vs
>DO NOT fuck the manic pixie dream whore

>>24504416
thats not the theme at all

>>24504420
That's exactly the theme. You either die a normalfag-hating incel or get a crumb of female attention and live long enough to become the cuckold normalfag. It's true

>>24504426
nothing in his head tells him not to sleep with or party with Hermine. They stay together all they way until Pablo's theater of mirrors. And the wolf/harry illusion is shattered very early on in the book

>>24504428
>nothing in his head tells him not to sleep with or party with Hermine
There doesn't need to be anything in his head telling him this. The consequences of his relationship with Hermine (I assume that's the girl, I forgot about her name) are enough for the reader to draw conclusions himself. There's a point where one can go too far following in the footsteps of the woman he loves.

>>24504443
>The consequences of his relationship with Hermine
Hesse never once writes her as a bad person. She sleeps around I guess? But she gets Harry to stop being a debbie downer and lighten up. Hell she sets him up with another woman so its not like she was his trauma dump anyway

I dont think you even finished the book

>>24504448
Why do you need things to be spoonfed to you? I haven't read the book in a while but I'm pretty sure that he ends up killing Hermine , among other things that happen as a consequence of him going along with her shit.

>>24504460
he kills hermine but you clearly dont remember why

>>24504461
As a promise he made to her or something. She clearly was not mentally stable and he himself was probably pretty miserable at the end of the book. She's also the reason why he met that Jazz musician that was up to no good. I fail to see how one can read the book and not instantly realize this girl is trouble and will absolutely burn everything around her

>>24504467
>she met that Jazz musician that was up to no good
Ok now I know you havent read the book

>>24504408
So, Germans are autistic? Is this what you are saying?

>>24504472
thats the exact opposite of autistic

>>24504471
You just got done listening to the audiobook of it and now you are proud and think that you're the only in this board to have finished a book. Good job. Don't forget to not give me any arguments

>>24504476
Right, only an autistic person would consider that philosophical or even worth thinking about. Autistic?

>>24504478
I just finished it today. Pablo helps harry throughout the story. And the last 5 pages literally spells out who he is. If you cant remember the biggest twist in the book you cant tell me you're trying to be taken seriously

>>24504487
>Pablo helps harry throughout the story
Okay so you haven't read the book. He literally toys with both him and the girl all-throughout

>>24504496
when? name a single time

>>24504484
autism is believing "philosophical" is the same as "profound". philosophy ought to cover the entirety of subjective experience

>>24504499
I can't because I have no recollection of him as a character, but if I just read the book I would've called you autistic for not understanding it since the very beginning. Especially because of the ending

>>24504511
>I'm upset about the end of the book involving this character I cant remember at all

>>24504518
ctrl+f saved the day:
>That was not pretty of you. I hope, at least, you did it from jealousy when you saw Hermine and me lying there.
-Pablo
Literally spelled for you

>>24504521
and what happens 3 sentences later

>>24504507
You seemed to have lost the thread and its context.

>>24504530
>He took Hermine who at once shrank in his fingers to the dimensions of a toy figure and put her in the very same waistcoat pocket from which he had taken the cigarette.
Now enlighten me. Whether or not Pablo is a figment of his imagination does not matter. Explain in more than one sentence this time how he is le good actually

>>24504408

>>24504533
Maybe
i'm not the anon you were replying to.

>>24504539
>figment of his imagination
he turns hermine into an inanimate toy object. How can you be this obtuse

>>24504563
Good to know you cannot defend your flimsy argument. I literally forgot most of it and I'm going mostly on how I 'felt' when I read it most of the book and have better argumentation than you (because you have none, you don't think enough to properly put your thoughts down, yet you start arguments anyway)
Now don't reply, stop wasting my time

>>24504408
>Act like a prole to fit in with proles as society circles the drain
Wow how profound

>>24504606
So you should fixate on the flaws of other so you can moralize and draw attention away from your own flaws?

>>24504609
I'm just a chud with trash genetics that recognizes western society for what it is, a dysgenic hellhole that is becoming worse every day. At least Asia seems to be doing better

>>24504624

>>24504241 (OP)
come on, no one thinks that