Siddhartha Society Analysis

, and Society is shaped by the actions of individuals in their daily lives.
When one feels that Society is not providing him proper fulfillment, or when Society is not flourishing due to the choices of the Self, conflict between Self and Society is produced. Siddhartha found himself at odds with Society because of the differing demographics of each Society he knew. Taking into account all he had learned from the Samanas, the “child people” (Hesse 57), and others led him to feel “so forsaken by all wisdom that he sought death” (Hesse 79). Likewise, it is not considered traditionally acceptable for people to walk around museums with their electronics out. Sree Sreenivasan, former curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, says that the museum’s
When Society takes the experiences of the Self into account, and the individual analyzes the effects of Society on himself, the elements Self and Society learn about each other coalesce into an inner medium that helps both discover fulfillment. Siddhartha overcame his conflict with Society once he stopped thinking of his experiences within different communities as independent situations and allowed all of the knowledge he had accumulated to come together in his mind. He gained enlightenment when he could “no longer distinguish the many voices… everything was one, everything was entwined and entwisted, interwoven, a thousandfold” (Hesse 118). In modern Society, more and more museums are beginning to move past the idea that technology does not belong in such places. By valuing the individual pleasures of the self, they are introducing such up-to-date features as GPS location services, augmented reality, and placing their entire collections online in hopes of bringing about a Society that will be built firmer through intellectual and communal advancements (Gilbert). Self and Society benefit from these forms of give-and-take in that both come to recognize the roles they play in each