![]() In the preface, Hesse illustrates the place that those people have in the society in which they live. ![]() As Rousseau states elsewhere: “Freedom is the power to choose our own chains.” Harry Haller chose his “own chains,” that of thinking of himself as a wolf. However, the right to choose where to belong remains solely to the person in question. “Man is born free but everywhere he is in chains.” In fact, Jean Jacques Rousseau illustrates this issue clearly: ![]() Even if society binds people to behave in a certain way and people are divided according to class (that is, bourgeoisie and middle class) people’s imaginations help them to forget the frustration and boundaries that society sticks upon them. There are some people who find their imagination as a way of escape from a life they feel disgusted with. There are no restrictions on inner thoughts. ![]() ![]() This issue has been dealt with care by numerous novelists such as Virginia Woolf and Janet Frame, who seem to pointing out that everyone possesses the freedom to dream what they want and be what they want. It is not a new idea to find a character identifying himself or herself with an animal rather than living his life like any other human being. ![]()
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