At the height of the novel, its young hero has a dream whose meaning he summarizes in one sentence, the only sentence Mann deigned worthy of being italicized: "For the sake of goodness and love, man shall let death have no sovereignty over his thoughts." The novel studies the process by which its leading character progresses from his initial attraction to the irrationalities of disease and death to a renewed trust in life, love, and human responsibility.
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