Archetypes

The main character Emil Sinclair begins as an innocent embarking on a journey. He is helped along by a friend/sage, Max Demian. Sinclair could also sort of be an orphan, at a young age he is sent to a boarding school and from then on fends and learns for himself with out a parental guidance. He ends up meeting a couple other friend/sages who also show him the way on his journey (Pistorious, and Knauer). Towards the end Frau Eva (Demian's mom) becomes sort of a caregiver/sage/lover. Sinclair could also be seen as a seeker, cause he leaves on purpose in order to find himself. The archetypal setting is at first the contrast of the light world and dark world, the bad and good. Once these worlds start clashing and he moves on into boarding school for a while the setting is him sort of wandering from bar to bar. After that he becomes a bit of a hermit, and still after that he travels. Towards the end he comes to Demians house and here is sort of like a safe place. Here he feels safe, happy, and untouchable. Then in the end he goes to war, which is almost complete contrast of Demians house.