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    Alexander the Great became king the death of his father King Philip II. His father had prepared the soil as well as Alexander for his supreme rule over the Hellenistic world. He was now the prevailing commander of the Macedonian army which was joined by the Greek soldiers. His courage‚ strategy‚ exuberance‚ and ability proved his value as an effective leader. With everything set in place Alexander ruled with the heart and military passion of his father. King Philip instilled into Alexander the

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    Patience By: Yehia Youssef Patience is “the bearing of provocation‚ annoyance‚ misfortune‚ or pain‚ without complaint‚ loss of temper or irritation” according to Dictionary.com. There are some who have real experiences with testing their patience. With life comes experience and with experience comes patience and with patience comes a type of immortality to hardships. For me‚ it was a real beating you can say. It was mid-summer‚ I laid their stiff‚ motionless‚ thinking someone would come and save

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    In the book‚ Siddhartha‚ by Hermann Hesse‚ Siddhartha is on a quest to self-discovery‚ which was influenced by characters like Gotama‚ Kamala‚ and Vasudeva. These characters have impacted Siddhartha’s life considerably‚ and contribute to his path to enlightenment. They have brought him teachings‚ love‚ money‚ and the art of listening. Siddhartha has the most substantial impact on himself throughout the novel by questioning teachings‚ experiencing new concepts‚ and learning from the river of life

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    Siddhartha Enlightenment

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    story “Siddhartha” by Hermann Hesse‚ Siddhartha‚ the protagonist of the story was led on a journey to reach enlightenment. Through his many realizations‚ stages and phases‚ Siddhartha underwent change: through emotional‚ mental and physical changes. These stages Siddhartha underwent created the path to his enlightenment; Siddhartha succeeds in his journey In Siddhartha’s first phase on his path to enlightenment‚ Siddhartha a wealthy Brahmin found that even though “everyone loved Siddhartha‚” he

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    Nirvana In Siddhartha

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    cycle of death and rebirth. Nirvana is present in Hermann Hesse’s book as Siddhartha’s ultimate goal. Siddhartha attempts to reach this goal by traveling through each level of the social classes to experience all lifestyles. Within the social classes‚ he realizes that he can not learn anything from teachers and instead that will have to gain wisdom by observing the world around him. In Siddhartha‚ Hermann Hesse conveys the theme of achieving a peaceful bond with the world in order to attain Nirvana

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    Love in Siddhartha

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    Siddhartha had always considered love inessential in his life because he categorized it as a worldly sensation that the common people simply experience. The wisdom and knowledge of the love differs greatly and both play a large role in Siddhartha’s quest for finding the Atman. Siddhartha understood that love was the act of loving another human being‚ but it was just another word in his language until he had experienced it for himself He found out that he still had much to learn after he went through

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    Wisdom

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    Period 3 Wisdom‚ Good‚ and Evil; The Necessities of Life Wisdom based on knowledge of good and evil is a very powerful concept. Without wisdom‚ people would base life with no sense of right and wrong. Society values smart people who make good decisions and frowns upon people that do badly towards others. Therefor understanding the role of wisdom in the human experience is to comprehend how to live life according to acceptable social norms and constructs. Humans are not born with wisdom; one must

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    Exemplar Response How is the Ancient Greek family structure represented in The Odyssey? Ancient Greek culture embodied specific family ideals that are represented in The Wanderings of Odysseus through Odysseus’s family structure. As he attempts to return home to Ithaca‚ his wife is left to tend to the house for seven long years. She must supervise her servants‚ as the reader sees in Chapter 5‚ Telemachus Seeks His Father. This is the first time that readers are introduced to Odysseus’s family

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    Siddhartha Journey

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    3 November 2014 Siddhartha‚ a novel by Hermann Hesse‚ traces the journey of the title character as he searches for spiritual enlightenment‚ or nirvana. He deviates from his privileged life and encounters a multitude of people and situations. In doing so‚ he explores change through suffering‚ and seeks a state of ultimate peace. Siddhartha experiments with asceticism and a life of indulgence‚ and fails to find happiness in either. He goes on with no direction hoping he will end up in the right place

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    unwittingly fulfills his tragic fate by trying to escape it. Oedipus was the king of Thebes‚ the city he escaped to run away from his fate. When the priest informs him that the city is going through a terrible plague that Apollo cursed the city with due to injustice and That the only way to save the city from the plague is to find the person who murdered the previous king that’s when complication starts to rise. The search for the murder turn into a search for himself and his identity and leads him

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