Clay Roche Siddhartha In the book, Siddhartha, Herman Hesse uses a trinity theme throughout the book. Hesse also takes that theme further by making the story into a thesis, followed by an antithesis and concluded with a synthesis. Siddhartha’s journey to enlightenment is divided in such a way. His life begins with the path of the mind, followed by the opposite, indulgence in physical pleasures, and finally a synthesis of the two is where …showed first 75 words of 1010 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1010 total…leaving his father and still become enlightened. He needed the synthesis of his previous lifestyle in order to attain that state. The thesis: the world of the mind, and the antithesis: the world of the body, come together into a synthesis which result in enlightenment. It could be said that Hesse uses this style of writing to reinforce a main idea in eastern thought: that all things are connected, and when viewed correctly, are one.