Steppenwolf
SteppenwolfHermann Hesse
Characters in Steppenwolf
4 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Harry Haller
A solitary, middle-aged intellectual who feels torn between a civilized, human self and a wild, wolfish one; the novel is presented as his own manuscript.
Supporting characters
Pablo Soler
A saxophonist and drug supplier who leads Harry into the surreal Magic Theater.
Maria (Der Steppenwolf)
A young woman introduced to Harry by Hermine who becomes his lover and reawakens his sense of physical pleasure.
Hermine
A worldly young woman Harry meets at a tavern who teaches him to dance, introduces him to Maria and Pablo, and draws him back into the sensual pleasures he had renounced.