The novel, Simplicius Simplicissimus, is about a peasant named Simplicius who goes through numerous chaotic stages in his life because of the Thirty Years War. It was written a few decades after the war, so the story definitely incorporates what had been going on at the time of the lives of people in the 17th century. The effects of the thirty years war are displayed through the life of Simplicius in many different ways. To start, religion was the basis of the Thirty Years War, and this novel definitely touches on that. The main character, Simplicius, becomes a Christian after learning the many teachings the hermit had to offer in the forest. Simplicius describes his religious transforming as being easy because his mind was a “smooth tablet”
