Strictly speaking, the story and events happening in the novel are not important for an understanding of its meaning. At the very end of the novel, however, it is said that Hans Castorp spent in a sanatorium seven years, but even this figure can be seen as a certain artistic convention. Ever since the arrival Hans Castorp finds that time in the mountains flows not like on the plain, and therefore it is virtually impossible to determine how many days, weeks, months, years passed between the described the events and the time covers the action of the novel. As a result of the medical examination signs of tuberculosis have been revealed, and at the insistence of the chief doctor Behrens, Hans Castorp stays in the sanatorium for a longer period. Hans Castorp intends to spend in the resort no more than three weeks, but by the end of the planned period he feels himself not very well. The protagonist, a young German Hans Castorp, comes from Hamburg to "Berggof" sanatorium to visit his cousin Joachim Ziemssem. The action takes place at the beginning of the XX century (in the years immediately preceding the First World War) in Switzerland, in the located near Davos tuberculous sanatorium. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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