The Voyage of Deliverance in Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha

Name of Author : Sreelekshmi J

Abstract: The quest hero in Herman Hesse?s novel Siddhartha is one who sets out in quest of inner peace and spiritual fulfillment to overcome his sense of disillusionment and moral lacking that tormented him in his mundane ways of life. So his quest is one of self-discovery and one that transcends material instincts and desires. Siddhartha realizes that the ultimate goal of every human being was spiritual growth and attainment of „nirvana?. However, his society is aggressively orthodox and resists any kind of change. But soon Siddhartha realizes that everything in the world and everything in nature is under constant flux and trying to resist change will only invite stagnation and decay.

Keywords : Voyage, Deliverance, quest, inner peace, decay

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