Tractate on the Steppenwolf

The “Treatise on the Steppenwolf“ is a booklet given to Harry Haller which describes himself. It is a literary mirror. The cause of his discontent was the perceived dualistic nature of a human and a wolf within Harry. Harry isolates himself from others socially and professionally, frequently resists the temptation to take his life, and experiences feelings of benevolence and malevolence for bourgeois notions. The booklet predicts Harry may come to terms with his state in the dawning light of humor.