Life In Herman Hesse's Siddhartha

In the 1922 novel, Siddhartha, by Herman Hesse he writes of a boy (whom the novel is named after) who tires of the teachings of his home village and goes out into the world to experience it for himself. What is read in books can be used in theory but without realistic knowledge from experience cannot be applied. In able to gain wisdom, everyone has to face the trials and tribulations of life, through this novel, readers can see this process through the life of Siddhartha. Throughout the novel, he goes through high and low points within each cycle which bring him to meet new people that introduce him to new experiences, hopefully answering his life questions. This essay will analyze the different points in Siddhartha’s life that he has gone …show more content…
This action terrifies him so much that he wakes up, not only from the dream but from the false reality that he had let himself to live for a long time. The bird is not a regular bird however, it is a representation of his soul signifying that “he had thrown away…all that was good and of value in himself” (82). This awakening revived his younger spirit of seeking enlightenment and relief from suffering instead of satisfaction of worldly pleasures. Furthermore, after having this epiphany, he realized that his higher purpose in life sending him into the next phase of his …show more content…
Teachings from school shapes how we learn and our opinions but with wisdom, there is feeling and the chance to inspire the next generation right from wrong. The choices that a person makes will send them on a continuous cycle of suffering or one of peace. By going through each of the cycles, Siddhartha was able to take a piece of each lesson with him into the next cycle to learn from it. With the Samanas he learned how to be humble and patient, with the Buddha he learned that he needed to experience the world for himself, Kamala and Kamaswami taught him worldly pleasures, and finally the hardships of being a