Resilient coexistence model: Exploring the self-preservation strategy of hessean character goldmund

Abstract

Crisis moments such as pandemic situation tests individualism and highlight the value of collaboration and the interconnectedness of local, national, regional, and global societies. Nothing exists in a vacuum. All living things are interrelated and comprise a network of connections, including flora and wildlife. Herman Hesse describes a pandemic situation in his novel Narcissus and Goldmund where the self-preservation strategies of the protagonist, Goldmund lead to sustainable living. This study utilising the descriptive-analytical method interrogates the self-preservation strategy of Goldmund that leads to sustainable living. This study comes with the Resilient Coexistence Model of self-preservation that calls for a post-pandemic global vision of interconnected self-preservation leading to sustainable living, a journey towards the future, leaving rigid egoistic boundaries, where the future is Mother Nature.