Glass Bead Game (1943) describes a journey of a boy, who rises to the highest post 'Magister Ludi', in a pedagogic province called Castalia to the real world to serve the larger culture. He understands the essence of history which helps him to be free from the bondage of that rule - driven system. The philosophical analysis of characters' chapter-wise development in this novel and the importance of events for describing human development pattern delineates how Hermann Hesse, 'a writer of man's interior' presents his hero undertake self exploration within himself and into the world he lives....

Demian (1919) describes the protagonist's quest to find what his life is, and is going to be. It depicts his endeavour in seeking mentorship. Accompanied and prompted by his mysterious classmate Max Demian, he descends from and revolts against the superficial ideals of the world, and rests has awakening into a realization of self. The philosophical analysis of characters' chapter-wise development in this novel and the importance of events for describing human development pattern delineates how Hermann Hesse, 'a writer of man's interior' presents his hero undertake self exploration within...