Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha

Julius Oladosu, 28, ambitious, and young, lost faith in a dream. He won the visa lottery, which was his door to coming to the United States, but could not afford to pay for finances. This led him to questioning why God let him get so close to fulfilling his goal, just to take it away? He kept pondering on a resolution to fix the dilemma and felt that if he worked hard, a solution would come. In correlation to The Open Boat, Julius was not able to obtain his goal in the beginning because every time he got closer, a problem would approach and extract him further away from his dream. Every time the four men in The Open Boat would get closer to the shore, more water would fill up the boat causing them to sink and have to move back out into sea.

Although Julius had a decline in faith, his friend Isaac Fabiyi encouraged him to borrow money and save up as much as he could. He also offered to help pay for some of the financial cost, but there still was an ongoing depression revolving in his thoughts. This later caused him to feel worthless, and believe that his aspiration was not attainable. It initiated a big wave of sadness that affected his whole family. Afterwards he realized that anything is feasible and money should not be the sole thing he relies on. Julius was able to accept his struggles and the situation which applies to John Keats negative capability. He did not need to let this predicament control his life.
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse emulates how time, patience, and action can help someone scope out their target.

Siddhartha goes on a excursion to find his common goal, enlightenment and meditates on why he has not found his purpose. He deliberates on everything he has learned and puts in the work, but still ceases to find an answer. In Chapter 2, With The Samanas, Siddhartha affirms, “But that I, Siddhartha, find only a short numbing of the senses in my exercises and meditations and that I am just as far removed from wisdom, from salvation, as a child in the mother's womb,”( Hesse 6). He is stating in response to Govinda’s analogy about the drunkard not changing or gaining enlightenment, that thinking about the situation is not going to change anything, but putting in the work can help. Later on in the passage, he applies tolerance, attentiveness,time, and faith to his journey and is able to reach his goal. After learning the teachings of many teachers and not finding himself, He is finally able to acknowledge that if he does not listen, a change will not come. In comparison to Julius, Siddhartha was so close to finding his dream,enlightenment, but every time he got closer to his vision, he would doubt himself and get feel as though his goal was getting farther

away.
James Feast connotates the works of Stephen Crane in Critical Survey of Short Fiction, Second Revised Edition; January 2001, p1-8 and exerts that the four men in The Open Boat were able to reach their goal because of their lack in faith. He also focuses on the idea of brotherhood which Julius had with Isaac. The encouragement of his friend allowed him to branch out and take action against all odds. Feast inserts, “ these toilers share a belief system that sustains them in their mutually supportive labor.” This belief system was also known as brotherhood. If Isaac had not persuaded Julius to go and borrow, then Julius would not have found a solution to his situation. Demian by Hermann Hesse also relates to Julius because Emil, the young boy in the passage was trying to find himself and by taking action and making a change in his lifestyle, he is able to become a new and better person. Oladosu is attempting to reach his destination, which is America, but in order to that he has to do things differently