Perfume+-+Bildungsroman

Is __Perfume__ a Bildungsroman?

The bildungsroman generally takes the following course[|[][|2][|]]:
 * The protagonist grows from child to adult.
 * The protagonist must have a reason to embark upon his or her journey. A loss or discontent must, at an early stage, jar him away from his home or family setting.
 * The process of [|maturation] is long, arduous and gradual, involving repeated clashes between the hero's [|needs] and desires and the views and judgments enforced by an unbending [|social order].
 * Eventually, the spirit and values of the social order become manifest in the protagonist, who is ultimately accommodated into the society. The novel ends with the protagonist's assessment of himself and his new place in that society.

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Journeys, a fundamental aspect of the Bildungsroman, are often used both as a functional plot device (to move characters from one place to another in order to further the plot) and as a metaphor (conventionally, to reflect growth and change) in literature. How are journeys used in Perfume? Can we compare this aspect of the novel to any other World Lit texts?

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