Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha

The book Siddhartha was composed by Hermann Hesse, this book is about a young Buddhist who is in search for enlightenment. I have chose five songs to relate to the story of Siddhartha, the songs i have chose are “I Still Havent Found What I’m Looking For” by U2, “Find Yourself” by Brad Paisley, “Wagon Wheel” by Darius Rucker, “Good Life” by Onerepublic and “Halo” by Beyonce. Every one of these songs i chose shows much similarity and can strongly relate to the great novel Siddhartha. The first song i have chose is a song by U2 that shares similarity to Siddhartha and his journey to enlightenment. U2 is an Irish rock band established in 1976 who composed this song about a man who is in search of his one and only lover, Siddhartha is also in …show more content…
In this moment when he experiences “Om” the book states “And in the moment when the sound of Om touched Siddhartha's ear, his dormant spirit suddenly woke up and realized.”(Hesse, pg.65) This quote from the book Siddhartha shows a lot of similarity to a line of lyrics in “Good Life.” “Say oh, got this feeling that you can't fight, like this city is on fire tonight, this could really be a good life.” I found much similarity in the quotes because i believe when Siddhartha experienced the feeling of “Om” he realized this could be it, this could be the good life.
The last song that i have analyzed and compared to Siddhartha is “Halo” by Beyonce. In the song Beyonce is singing about a love that is almost heavenly like, a line of lyrics from “Halo” says “ It’s like I’ve been awakened”, this specific line in this song can relate strongly to a part in the book when Siddhartha speaks about being awakened. “I have indeed awakened and have only been born today”(Hesse,pg. 33) Siddhartha says this quote when he believes he has been awakened just as Beyonce sings about it in her 2003 hit