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Siddhartha Compared to The
Raven Boys
The theme of Siddhartha is about looking both inward and
outward to find the meaning in your soul and in life. This theme in
Siddhartha is very similar to the theme in the novel, The Raven Boys.
In the novel, a character named Gansey is also searching for meaning
in his life. The main character in the book is very similar to
Siddhartha. Both of the characters grew up in wealth and privilege.
Both characters look for more meaning in their privileged lives. They
both look for something that they did not already possess that money
cannot buy. Gansey’s goal was to find a supernatural being near his
school. Siddhartha's goal is to find enlightenment in his life. Both
characters are very similar in that they are obsessed with these
goals, and nothing else in their life seems to matter, including their
own comforts. Gansey lives in a cold warehouse surrounded by filth and
dust. Siddhartha lives with the wandering group of philosophers
surrounded by disease and death. In both of the books the author never
really explains why they need these things. Most people would be happy
with their wealthy, comfortable lives. Both characters have something
internal inside of them that makes them go down this path and leave
everything else behind. Gansey surrounds himself with people he can
trust and they help him with this search. Siddhartha takes a very
different path, and although his friend goes with him on the wandering
trip, he is generally alone in the book. Siddhartha has to find his
own way inside of his own mind.
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