Lessons Learned In Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha

In Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha struggles throughout his life to attain his goal of enlightenment. Just like everyone, Siddhartha started by following his teachers and mentors. But as he became more experienced and formed his own opinions, he began to lead himself to his goal instead of following others. Although following in the footsteps of another to reach a goal is much more simple, Hesse uses characterization and figurative language (similes and metaphors) in order to show that people who lead themselves to their goal will gain more wisdom and knowledge than following another. As people, we are all prone to follow the easiest route to success, even though we might not achieve as much if we lead ourselves.

When he is “left standing there, a sad little boy holding tight against [his] chest” he is clinging to his past life, tradition, and families (12). He tries to keep “[his] few belongings” close to him so that he could remember all his good memories with his family. Ned “Near the end of our time on Pavuvu, we all got together and had a sort if powwow” (171). Moreover, the ceremonial dance helps Ned to connect with his spiritual life. He

Sadly, people can pass on without leaving much of a legacy behind; questions may have gone unanswered, words could have been left unsaid. Some may say that it is okay because it will not matter in death, but it will to the people that care about you and vice versa, “whether or not we give much thought to it, everyone else we know will” (Chittester, 2008). As people often say, life is too short and tomorrow is not guaranteed. We must take advantage of the time we do have and use it as an opportunity to make it the best life we can for ourselves and those who we leave behind or come after

Throughout the book we are led to believe that Salva’s parents and siblings had passed away but he never lost hope that they were still alive. In the end, his suffering paid off as his hope and dream of finding his family alive finally came true. Through the story of a young boy who treasured all his blessings in a harsh environment, I learned to value the things I have and to not waste these special

In the book A Long Walk to Water, the main character Salva must overcome a lot of challenges in order for his survival. He is persistent, a hard worker, and just overall a very lucky young boy. These factors are very big reasons for his survival. After reading the book, readers can see that one of the main factors for Salvas survival is hard work. Salva gets water and does housework for the old woman he considers family.

The book Siddhartha is about a young man who goes on a journey to find his true meaning in life and to find enlightenment. It takes him a while to realize his purpose in life but eventually finds it through a ferryman. In the book, Siddhartha experiences two forms of suffering:physical and mental. He goes through the physical pain of the Samaras but also passes through the mental pain of finding his way and dealing with his son. He also finds joy in his son and being enlightened.

She also gains a little bit more about herself. She knows more about her and her family. When Amir left, he couldn't help Rahim khan with his sickness. He couldn't help the people he loved. If Amir had not left Rahim Khan might not be as sick and would be more close with Rahim Khan.

Amir’s change of heart was very significant to the story in the book, the Kite Runner. Without his change of heart, many of the events that occurred throughout the novel, both mentioned and unmentioned, would’ve ended with different results. For example, if Amir didn’t change, he wouldn’t have risked to save the life of some kid he had never met and he wouldn’t have taken him to the United States were he would adopt

He goes off to finish his quest, and gain the last qualities he needs to be a successful Grail King. Parzival gains understanding of the world around him, how all parts of his education were necessary to shaping his life. Because of all the different learning bases he had, he was able to possess more qualities that made him more apt to be the Grail King. Cundrie appears again to teach Parzival one more thing, and that is that he has become the Grail

The most important event that he helped with the rescuing of Aouda (by "helping" I feel that it was mostly him). It was Passepartout who came up with the idea and it was Passepartout who pretended to be the dead husband. If they had not rescued Aouda, many of the events that happened, would have not happened. If Aouda was not rescued (by Passepartout), she would have not grown a liking to Fogg, meaning that she would not have wanted to be married at the end of the story. Wanting to be married, Fogg asked Passepartout "if it iwas not too late to notify the Reverend Samuel Wilson, of Marylebone parish, that evening."