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    As the story continues‚ Siddhartha had met many teachers on his journey of discovering happiness. A teacher is known to shape lives and push people to do what is right. However‚ a teacher can have a positive or negative effect in people’s lives. A teacher that greatly contributed to Siddhartha’s final part of his quest is Vasudeva. He can be described as a simple ferryman that barely speaks and does not manifests his wisdom. Vasudeva credits the river for all of his knowledge by listening to it.

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    Siddhartha walked through the forest. He had the feeling that they could never go back to his hometown. Internally‚ he totally died inside. He was feeling embarrassed and very depressed. At last‚ he reached a river. It was very dangerous and full of snakes but it was looked like his destination‚ as he could only face death after that destination. He wanted to suicide. According to him‚ he had left with nothing. He wanted to jump into the river. After some time‚ he slept when he woke up‚ he saw a

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    Christine Gao #6 K. Kassakatis C&C Honors World Literature 17 September 2015 Siddhartha Socratic Seminar Questions 1. While Siddhartha’s journey is uniquely his own‚ it is also everyone’s journey. What connections to Siddhartha’s journey toward shaping and understanding his identity can you see within your own? Siddhartha’s life journey is representative of the worldly human desire to find meaning and success within oneself. Everyone’s journey is basically the same because they all require a certain

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    quest for enlightenment. Siddhartha left his father’s house and the samanas’ once he realized that they were not helping him find the inner peace that he was seeking. He was not afraid to give up on his wealth or go to Jetevana because he deemed those actions necessary to his mission. This show how dedicated he is and how much such goal means to him. A quality that is quite admirable as it portrays how strong Siddhartha is. On the other hand‚ a bad quality that Siddhartha has is that he is too independent

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    The book‚ Siddhartha‚ by Hermann Hesse‚ is about a young boy named Siddhartha who wanted to become enlightened. Siddhartha vastly changed throughout the book‚ and Hesse used several techniques to describe his changes- this includes how the characters fulfilled the mentor roles to him‚ the various symbols that Siddhartha encounters‚ and his character development. Siddhartha goes on a journey and meets several mentors‚ which includes Govinda‚ Kamala‚ the river‚ and the ferryman‚ Vasudeva. All of these

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    Marinelli and Brielle Basso WSC001 October 8‚ 2012 Siddhartha: Innocence vs. Experience Hermann Hesse is an author widely recognized for his many novels contemplating the meaning of life and the role religion in a psychoanalytical way (Riley 145) . The novella Siddhartha is no exception to this well known fact about Hermann Hesse. In Siddhartha Hesse makes the strong focal point of the novel innocence versus experience. As a young man Siddhartha explores his surroundings and as a results witnesses

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    07‚ 2012 Siddhartha VS. Fahrenheit 451 Siddhartha and Fahrenheit 451 are very similar in some ways and very different in others this essay will talk about some of these similarities and some of the differences. In order to understand the two books we must first write a detailed summary of them. Once that is done then we can get into the similarities of the two good books‚ and finally the differences of Siddhartha and Fahrenheit 451. In Siddhartha‚ the main character Siddhartha decides to leave

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    The very existence and success of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes suggests a decline in prejudice and an increase in tolerance. And while we consequently may be inclined to offer congratulatory praise to humanity for this forward movement‚ the content of the play challenges this affirmatory belief in ourselves. As Kushner presents characters‚ notably Joe and Louis‚ who express faith in and attempt to actualize a seemingly inevitable linear progression of history

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    not exist. When present‚ Siddhartha Gautama had expressed his knowledge of the world‚ providing non-optimistic and non-pessimistic but rather realistic philosophical and spiritual explanations of how our lives and world operate. His teachings explained the true definition of Suffering‚ known as Dukkha‚ and had given followers his own interpretation on how to overcome such suffering by following the Eightfold Pathway. Paragraph 2: Within the teachings of Buddhism‚ Siddhartha Gautama had spoken about

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    In the book Siddhartha‚ by Hermann Hesse‚ the Siddhartha sets out on a journey of self-discovery where he encounters a westernized society where properties‚ riches‚ and wealth are abundant in the homes of the prosperous. Similar to in Siddhartha‚ capitalism is seen as one of the major driving forces of society in the movie Wall Street‚ directed by Oliver Stone‚ where the main character is an example of the extremes of capitalism and how it can corrupt the soul of a man and endanger the lives of thousands

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