Siddhartha Essay -- Essays Papers

SiddharthaIn the novel Siddhartha by Herman Hesse, the main slip experiences many ups and downs while on his journey to inner peace. First, he decides to survive his life as a Samana. Later he abandons that life in return for a life as a rich man. In the end he decides that his rich life is unsatisfying and he depresss the dewy-eyed life of a ferryman. Herman Hesse writes about what it takes to obtain inner peace done his character Siddhartha.Siddhartha decides the way to obtain peace is by living worry a Samana. Tomorrow at daybreak I will begin the life of the Samanas. (Pg 10) Siddhartha rids his life of all the things he doesnt need. Then he learns how to watch his inner self, but is unable to gain inner peace. He meets a young girl named Kamala, and this mak...