What is Siddhartha all about??
The novel Siddhartha takes place in ancient
India in the sixth century BC. The story is told by a third person
narrator with the quotations, words and thoughts of various
characters. The narrator generally looks at things from
Siddhartha’s perspective.
Siddhartha is a philosophical story about a man's personal quest for
self-fulfillment and enlightenment. Siddhartha has a very long
journey towards his ultimate goal of complete happiness and
enlightenment. The theme of the book is about the individual’s
difficult and lonely search for meaning in life. Siddhartha grew up
wealthy in ancient India, yet he rejected his comforts to live as a
penniless wanderer. He discovers poverty, thirst, hunger, disease
and pain for the first time in his life. He has been sheltered from
these difficulties from birth and they are all new to him. In his
desire to attain a state of happiness and serenity he leaves his
wandering life and becomes a merchant. In this section of the novel
he is very wealthy and finds passion and love with a woman. He then
flees his new comfortable materialistic life to become a ferryman's
apprentice. In the river he discovers wisdom from the water and the
tides. In the end he rediscovers his old friend and teaches him
about the river. Becoming a ferryman and teaching others about his
enlightenment. Siddhartha finds peace, understanding and true
enlightenment.
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