Under the Wheel
About This Novel
"Under the Wheel" is a masterpiece of the novel by German writer Hesse. The protagonist is the young Hans Gibbenrath. He was born in a small bourgeois family. He was talented, studied hard, and was admitted to the seminary. The life in the seminary is rigid and rigid, and the ideological atmosphere is stagnant. The lively and healthy nature of young people is severely suppressed. Gibbenrath's only friend, Helnie, who has free thoughts and bravely challenges the authority of the school, is expelled. Gibbenrath suffered so much under the twisted and perverted education system that he suffered from neurasthenia and depression. He was forced to drop out of school and work as an apprentice. The apprenticeship burdened his young shoulders, and he eventually drowned. The novel criticizes the destruction of young people by the unreasonable education system.
Official Sources
What Readers Think
Rating
Community(0)
Rating
Community(0)
