Patrick Süskind’s seminal 1985 novel, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, achieves that rare feat of creating a main character that portrays a protagonist that lacks conventional heroic qualities or in other literature term, an anti-hero. The novel discusses the main character Grenouille, who became an infamous criminal who lived in the unhygienic and uprising rebellion in Paris, France, 18th century. He had experienced life chiefly through his highly developed sense of smell. Süskind’s did a marvelous
Analysis of the shifts of Grenouille in Patrick Süskind’s Perfume In Perfume, Patrick Süskind writes about the life of an extraordinary boy named Grenouille in 18th-century France. The author presents the shifts of existential thinking of his main character throughout the book. The main purpose of living for Grenouille mirrors that of every other human being — to discover the world, with his exception of seeking only the scenting part of it. The series of events in the boy’s life develop his character
An Analysis of Perfume as a Critique of Religion Perfume by Patrick Süskind follows Jean-Baptiste Grenouille through an incredible journey of survival, perseverance, and ascension to godlike power. It, being set during the Enlightenment, depicts a time where people let curiosity reign and science flourish. Nevertheless, although people were becoming more scientific in their thought, religion was still a part of people’s lives. The presence of religious elements in the novel, however, serves to be