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I really loved this book. I think everyone with a spiritual open mind should have it. There is a lot to learn from this book.
This novel appeals to the range of human emotions-the human soul’s struggle to find answers and our neverending spiritual quest. Hesse reveals that the soul and mind are opposing forces; faith and peace cannot be learned from books or revealed by logic. The book displays the importance of embarking and acquiring a spiritual truth that we will gain when we least expect.
I had to read this book as part of my English Humanities 9 class last year in Ninth Grade. Now this isn't the type of book I would have picked up on own, and when we first started reading it, I though, “Oh great. Another boring book I'll have to read and be tested on!” But I was actually greatly surprised. This nvel was such an inspiration and had great deeper meanings and symbolism. I hope anyone not sure whether they should read this or not does pick up a copy from their library and gives it a shot. At worst, you won't like it. Or at best you'll love it. I was totally surprised at how interesting it became and the ending was also great. And guess what? Besides loving the book, I got a 100 on the novel exam! So it worked out great for me!
Siddhartha presented me a very spiritual odyssey undertaken by the protagonist. It also presented with a slice of Indian life in those times, which i believe is very accurate (as much as it could have been) and the implied acute criticism of Buddhist Philosophies, rising that time, adds a beautiful spiritual discussions and debates, is the core of the book, mostly to be read between the lines…
this book is really an awsome piece i think because it takes the whole spiritual identies and transfers them into a story/narrative. Before i read this book i was ALL up on buddisht/tao books, likei learned the concepts of each of these religous very rigoursly, and then i read this and it just connceted every eastern spiritual identiy in a freckin beaitful story, . there are levels of being a person, if your ready to explore the spirtaul side of being a person, , read this