Sacrifice In Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha

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From the beginning, there was no question to what Siddhartha would sacrifice in order to achieve his ultimate goal of Nirvana. Whether it be leaving his family, or moving on from teachers to teachers, he was ready to travel onwards to attain this sense of inner peace. Growing up as a Brahmin, Siddhartha was always loved by everyone around him. Later on, he learns from his father that Hinduism isn’t the path he wanted to follow, as he knew there was more knowledge to be sought. Siddhartha continues this path to experience different religions, but is constantly struggling to find it as we discover his weakness and reasons for discontentment. In order to reach his goal, Siddhartha had to practice different religions to find something that satisfied him. Although he grew up as a Brahmin, “Siddhartha had already long taken part in the learned men’s…show more content…
In other words, he is looking for knowledge and peace through the wrong places. He can’t possibly find inner peace through his unceasing quest of attempting to learn from the teachings of others, but only when he goes on a journey to find it himself and dissipates all dissatisfaction of obtaining all the knowledge of the world. This could hinder in that he might continuously fall into the cravings for more knowledge, trying to find it through ways that does not satisfy him instead of finding his own sense of tranquility. The author suggests that it is human nature to always yearn for more as there is never a true feeling of satisfaction. People will always yearn and strive for more, especially after achieving one goal and having this sense of determination that one can achieve more. There will never be an inner peace that one feels complete which explains why it is hard to achieve a goal, because humans have a natural thirst for more and there are always have more to
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