经典英文绘本

荒原狼｜Steppenwolf

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原著作者｜赫尔曼·黑塞
  • December wind sweeps through city streets
  • but cannot disperse the gloom in Harry Haller's heart
  • He is fifty years old
  • living alone in a small apartment
  • Bookshelves overflow with books
  • art reproductions hang on the walls
  • They are silent
  • just like him

  • Harry stands at the window
  • watching twilight slowly consume the sky
  • In his pocket
  • a razor
  • cold
  • He feels he is a steppenwolf
  • half human
  • half wolf
  • forever tearing each other apart

  • The human part of him
  • yearns for warmth
  • yearns for order
  • longs to live like those good citizens
  • The wolf part of him
  • laughs at everything
  • despises everything
  • thinks all people are utterly foolish

  • These two forces have battled in his blood for fifty years
  • no winner
  • only exhaustion

  • The winter night grows even colder
  • Harry walks out of his apartment
  • stops by the stone wall
  • A neon sign suddenly lights up
  • red words flicker in the darkness
  • Magic Theater
  • Open Only to Madmen

  • His heart skips a beat
  • He pushes the door
  • walks into the Black Eagle tavern

  • The tavern is filled with smoke
  • music drifts low
  • A girl sits in the corner
  • her eyes sharp as a wolf
  • Her name is Hermine
  • She looks at Harry
  • and smiles
  • I know what you have in your pocket

  • Harry freezes
  • Hermine stands up
  • walks up to him
  • There is a wolf living inside you
  • isn't there
  • I can teach you a game
  • But there is a condition
  • when the game ends
  • you must fall in love with me
  • then kill me

  • Harry does not know
  • whether this is nightmare
  • or the beginning of salvation

  • Hermine drags Harry into another world
  • She forces him to listen to jazz
  • forces him to learn to dance
  • forces him into dance halls and bars
  • You have lived too long
  • she says
  • time to taste the flavor of life

  • She pushes Maria into Harry's arms
  • Maria is a socialite
  • her body like warm water
  • making Harry's dried up life flow again

  • She also brings him to Pablo
  • Pablo is a jazz saxophonist
  • his music full of desire
  • full of laughter
  • and wildness Harry has never experienced

  • Under Hermine's forcing
  • Harry removes his mask for the first time
  • merging into the crowd at the masked ball
  • He feels as if he has become one with everyone
  • that joy makes him want to cry

  • After the ball ends
  • Pablo hands Harry a pill
  • You are ready
  • he says
  • entering means losing your mind

  • Harry swallows the pill
  • The world begins to spin
  • He walks into a long corridor
  • lined with mirrors on both sides

  • In the mirrors
  • there are hundreds of Harrys
  • Sometimes he is human
  • well dressed
  • face clean
  • Sometimes he is wolf
  • baring teeth
  • fur standing on end
  • They chase each other
  • tear each other apart

  • Harry runs
  • toward the door at the end of the corridor
  • On the door
  • Come
  • Happy Hunting

  • He pushes the door open
  • falls into a crazy world
  • People drive cars
  • carry guns
  • hunting each other without discrimination
  • Harry fights his former friend
  • then pushes him off the cliff
  • Blood blooms on the ground
  • He feels the pleasure of destruction
  • then deep emptiness

  • The second door
  • Character Structure Guidance
  • A chess player sits there
  • before a chessboard
  • You are not you
  • the player says
  • you are a collection of roles
  • He moves the pieces
  • Harry sees his different faces
  • scholar
  • wanderer
  • loner
  • dreamer
  • Learn to be the chess player
  • the player says
  • direct them
  • direct your life

  • The third door
  • The Miracle of the Wolf Trainer
  • The trainer leads a real wolf
  • Extreme humanity is hypocrisy
  • he says
  • Extreme wolf nature is destruction
  • Balance
  • is the only way

  • The final door
  • All Girls Are Yours
  • Harry sees Hermine and Pablo lying together
  • Rage burns from his feet to his head
  • He grabs an imaginary knife
  • stabs it into Hermine's heart

  • Hermine does not resist
  • She falls with a smile
  • You did it
  • Now
  • find your true self

  • Harry awakens from the illusion
  • finds himself in the corner of the tavern
  • Sunlight streams through the window
  • illuminating Hermine's empty seat

  • He walks out of the tavern
  • the winter wind is still cold
  • but something in his heart has changed

  • Harry finally understands
  • Human nature and wolf nature
  • do not need to destroy each other
  • They can coexist
  • in balance
  • The battlefield that tore him apart
  • finally falls silent

  • The steppenwolf learns to howl
  • but also learns to return home
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