Self Deprivation In Siddhartha

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In the novel, ¨Siddhartha¨ by Hermann Hesse is about a young Brahmin named Siddhartha, the son of a Brahmin, has grown up learning the ways of a Brahmin, with his best friend, Govinda. Everyone adores Siddhartha his mom, his dad, Govinda, and everyone else that surrounds him but Siddhartha himself. He is unhappy, and in this reasoning, Siddhartha now decides that he is on his journey to Enlightenment through self-deprivation. Self-Deprivation is self-denial and giving up something voluntarily for myself. Siddhartha and I both gave up something. I choose to give up listening to music because it's a huge part of my life and helps me emotionally. Siddhartha gave everything up, he gave up being a Brahmin and left his family behind. In this essay, I will compare what Siddhartha and I have in common based on our purpose, process, and our lesson that we learned in our journey to better ourselves. …show more content…
Throughout the week, I had somewhat of a hard time without it, my week consisted of silence in the classroom, car, and my own room (Raina). I felt a bit bored at first but realized that music can distract me if I am misusing it, so I continued my journey to not listen to music with ease. Siddhartha's purpose in giving up everything was because of his goal to find spiritual enlightenment, he was “...going his own way, his destiny was beginning to unfold itself” (Hesse 6). Siddhartha was started to become independent as he was on his own path to seek for

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