Siddhartha

Siddhartha

                                                                  BOOK REVIEW of the CLASSICS
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I.     The Book:
           
A.   Herman Hesse, Siddhartha, New Directions

II.     Significant Characters:

A.   Siddhartha, a young Brahmin man finds himself addicted to material wealth. Finally, he becomes disgusted with what he has become and leaves to seek happiness in his life.
B.   Govinda, Siddhartha’s friend, becomes a monk with the Samanas.
C.   Vasudeva, the ferryman, a man that Siddhartha meets in his travels.

III.   General Plot:

              Siddhartha was born in an upper class family surrounded by servants and all of the things that he might need. It was not enough,              
      he was still not happy and set out from home and family to find true happiness. Siddhartha, and his friend Govinda, joined a nomadic  
      group of seekers called the Samanas. They were wanderers, traveling from town to town begging for food and shelter and continually
      searching for the truth. Siddhartha thought he would find happiness by ridding himself of his worldly possessions and thoughts, to
      become empty, so that true happiness might find him and end his search. Along the way, the Samanas encountered many people who  
      spoke of the "Illustrious One", One man who taught about the Buddha and preached the salvation of the Buddha. This man was...