Siddhartha's Journey To Enlightenment In Siddhartha

(Intro)

Hesse the author of siddhartha tells the story of Siddhartha's journey for enlightenment. After this journey Siddhartha finally realizes the true path to enlightenment. Siddhartha believes it is just a sense of mental preparedness. He developed and achieved this through his experiences as a semana, a businessman, and a ferryman with vasudeva.

(Semana)

His first experience on his journey was as a semana.”One goal was Siddhartha's and only one: to become empty, empty of thirst, empty of wishes, empty of dreams, empty of joy and sorrow,”(Hesse 7). He had to fast and give away his riches. He had to give away himself. What he learned here was self-sacrifice. He learned this by retention of breath, insensibility to hunger, and concentration.

(Businessman)
Siddhartha's second stop put him as a businessman in society. As a businessman, he was affected by society. When siddhartha was by the river after this experience of being a businessman, he realized “He had truly become a Child Person.”(Hesse 51). He had been transformed by society and had been wrapped in the joys of society, making him feel like a child-person.
(By the river with Vasudeva)
His final journey was as a ferryman with vasudeva. “The river spoke to you. It is a good friend to you….”(Hesse 56). He was taught to have peace by the river. Him and vasudeva became good friends. This is the place siddhartha eventually realized the path to enlightenment through the peace of the river.
(Counterclaim)
Many people claim he never truly finds a sense of mental preparedness. They believe that his journey was just a long set of failures. He learned one group's ways, but always left and went on to the next group and ended up learning little. But he actually learned something from each of his stops as a semans he learned self sacrifice, as a businessman, he learned the ways of the child people, and then by the river he learned peace.
(Conclusion)
Throughout his journey to find enlightenment, he picked up little pieces. These pieces soon started coming together until he finally reached enlightenment. He just kept traveling till he realized the path to enlightenment was just a sense of mental preparedness.