To Reach Enlightenment
In Buddhism, enlightenment is one’s main goal in life but it is not easy to achieve. In Herman Hesse’s novel, Siddhartha is on a quest for enlightenment, and only has one way to reach it. By going through different life experiences on his own, he gets closer to his life goal. Siddhartha and his closest friend, Govinda, are both on a course for eternal peace but they choose different paths of enlightenment to follow. Hesse uses Siddhartha’s interactions with other characters and his internal thoughts to help develop the major theme that enlightenment is found from within.
During Siddhartha’s quest for enlightenment, other characters help him realize what enlightenment actually means. On his journey, Siddhartha comes across
In Buddhism, enlightenment is one’s main goal in life but it is not easy to achieve. In Herman Hesse’s novel, Siddhartha is on a quest for enlightenment, and only has one way to reach it. By going through different life experiences on his own, he gets closer to his life goal. Siddhartha and his closest friend, Govinda, are both on a course for eternal peace but they choose different paths of enlightenment to follow. Hesse uses Siddhartha’s interactions with other characters and his internal thoughts to help develop the major theme that enlightenment is found from within.
During Siddhartha’s quest for enlightenment, other characters help him realize what enlightenment actually means. On his journey, Siddhartha comes across