Time in "The Magic Mountain" is considered by Thomas Mann from all possible points of view: The author himself calls his work a "novel about time". In the genre "The Magic Mountain" refers not only to the satirical beginning, but also combines psychological traits (reflections on the person's attraction to death, detailed descriptions of the love experiences of the protagonist, etc.), everyday routine, historical (the reasoning of the heroes about politics, the fate of Europe at the beginning of the 20th century, the mention of the First World War), the philosophical (the problem of time, life and death, health and disease, good and bad) and romance education. A decent rent left after the death of the parents and a "valid reason" in the form of a disease, opens up a unique opportunity for the protagonist to be who he is - nobody: a person who lives in strict order, tastes good, falls in love and studies. Raised by his great-uncle, Hans Castorp is portrayed by the author as a "simpleton", inclined rather to doing nothing than to work. Unbeknownst to the young man, a three-week vacation turns into a seven-year period of treatment for small "wet burnings". The original idea in " The Magic Mountain" remained in the image of the main character - twenty-two-year-old engineer Hans Castorp, who came to the sanatorium "Berghof" to visit his cousin Joachim - a patient with tuberculosis. A two-volume novel was published in 1924 by the publishing house S. Work on the "Magic Mountain" was started in 1912, interrupted by the First World War and again resumed in 1920. The main idea of the product was to ridicule human unfitness to real life and, as a consequence, the flight of the individual to the disease. The novel " The Magic Mountain" grew out of a satirical tale Thomas Mann decided to write after visiting one of the resorts of Davos, where at that time his wife Katya was being treated. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.
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