The Autobiography of an Idea · Character
Dankmar Adler
The engineer-partner who will anchor Sullivan's practice, standing for the hard-headed, calculating side of a life the young man suspects is only another kind of dream.
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Also known as Adler
First appearance: xi chicago
As a supporting figure in The Autobiography of an Idea, Dankmar Adler is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Adler is presented as a strong, intelligent, and welcoming figure, though Louis does not immediately see him as part of his future.
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Adler enters Sullivan's orbit as the practical counterweight to his own soaring imagination — the world of Intellect pinned to 'a reed shaken by the wind,' set against the primordial, procreant power of Instinct that…
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