Siddhartha Reading Responses RR#1 “The Child is father of the Man,” William Wordsworth – What do you think that this means? The path from childhood to man is one that involves learning wisdom and maturity. Starting from infancy, the most effective and common form of learning is through trial and error. Attempts to teach by rote or through anecdotal evidence rarely has a lasting effect. Throughout a lifetime, the learning process continues, marking the change from child to man. The most critical
Beowulf Versus Siddhartha: Who is the True Hero? All event's in a hero's journey culminate into one point when he gains either new knowledge or power that facilitates his transition into a higher status. This so-called “apotheosis” typically occurs before the hero's final task and enables him to achieves feats that he would otherwise be incapable of. In the novel Siddhartha by Herman Hesse and the epic poem Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney, both protagonists in the stories undergo significant