My Quest For Enlightenment In Herman Hesse's Siddhartha

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Contentment; is it truly attainable? Motioned pictures, lips moving without words and laughter like smiles without the sound of a giggle. I had zoned while I was watching a programme on television with the thoughts of what my future holds for me, where tomorrow will take me. As a child, I always wondered why the future seemed so far, anticipating the chance to have the opportunity to do the things that were always referred to as being mature. As soon as the future drew near, and more liberty was given to me; having to make decisions without help from anyone, I began to realize that being grown up wasn’t so much fun as I had expected and as such, came with its baggage. Through my reading of Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha, a story about a man’s quest for enlightenment, I noted many similarities as well …show more content…

This is basically how it was as a child up till now as a youth, I always felt this sense of wanting to make decisions based on my life by myself, I mean “it’s my life not yours”. This was mainly because I didn’t want anyone to be responsible for the mistakes I make in life or how they affect me, also because it is often said that, “we learn from our own mistakes” so this was one of my rules in life and I abide by it. Siddhartha’s discontent was also noted earlier in the novel, when Hesse stated that, “Siddhartha had started nursing discontent within himself. He had started feeling that his father’s love, and his mother’s love, and his friend Govinda’s love would not make him happy forever and always, not please him, gratify him, satisfy him”(5). With an emphasis on ‘discontent’, I am not particularly unhappy with my present situation, rather I see it more as an act to strive for more and not settle for less, which is basically a general understanding by

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