Demien Realism

During the course of the novel Demian the author, Hermann Hesse, does create some curiosity in the reader but not much. One instance when Hesse is successful in creating some curiosity is during Emil's period of being harassed by a local bully named Franz Kromer. During this period the reader wonders how Emil will be able to escape from Kromer's black mailing and when Max Demian arrives and mysteriously helps out Emil, the reader is …

…the military or for that matter when he first joins the military. Though there are parts in this novel that seem a little far from the norm and not much curiosity is created, there is great usage of foreshadowing. However telling a story was not Hesse’s main motive in writing this book. Instead he used Emil Sinclair as a means of portraying his own life without actually calling it an autobiographical piece of work.