siddhartha
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Siddhartha
( Searching For inner Direction )
What is a Theme? To me, a theme is the main idea of the story. What the story is trying to say to us. The theme I will choose is "searching for inner direction". I feel that throughout this book Siddhartha is searching for a direction of life trying to find out who he really is. Siddhartha goes through three different phases of who he is throughout this book. When the novel begins, Siddhartha is a handsome young Brahmin distinguished in his town for his cleverness and superior bearing. As we follow his life's path, he transforms into a bearded, long-haired, loincloth-wearing ascetic, then into an well-dressed businessman and well-adapted in the ways of pleasure, and finally into a simple ferryman.
When Siddhartha was a wealthy business man he acted very foolish and rued towards others. He learned to exercise power over people...