ArticleAuthors: James N. Bade (2002)
In Thomas Mann's novel Buddenbrooks, Morten stands out because he is the only major character to break successfully with family tradition. A student with liberal political views, which he knows would be anathema to his parents, he completes his medical studies and becomes a doctor in Breslau, moving away from his modest lower-class background into the world of the educated middle class. 
