Реферат: Demian

transformation into the New World. Emil sees the

bird again above the hallway of Frau Eva?s home.

The bird in Eva?s hallway symbolized her home as

a house of Cain. Now Emil has found himself and

knows he belongs there. Emil sees the bird once

again outside in the form of clouds in the raining

sky. This clearly shows that the rest of the Old

World is ready for the transformation into the

New World.

In the last scenes of the novel, Emil is on the

battlefields of World War I. One night Emil

looks up into the sky and sees an image of a vast

village of people being engulfed into a god-like

figure which resembles Eva. The figure then

crouches over and gives birth to the people that

are now bright shining stars. This is the most

important symbolic event in Hesse?s novel. The

god-like figure symbolizes Eva, being the leader

of the Cain people. The people that where

engulfed by the god-like figure symbolize the

people of the Old World. The god-like figure now

represents the Virgin Mary and gives birth to the

New World, which are the people transformed

into stars. This event concludes the passing of the

Old World to the New World. Each character has

now fulfilled their destiny. Hesse uses the last

scene in his novel to illustrate a clearer

presentation of the transformation. The hospital

where Demian and Emil last speak symbolized the