Infatuation And Love In Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha

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In life we truly strive for four things; health, wealth, love and happiness, this is the story of a man who searches for these things and finds out there importance. This is the tale called Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. In this book we follow a man’s journey from a rich teen to a poor man all the while he is searching for something more than what he had before, eventually he discovers what he believes to be love and then realizes what true love really is. There is a difference between infatuation and love, but love can be built off of infatuation.

Siddhartha’s early life was never really void of love with his father and mother being the most caring parents one could ask for, plus he had the most loyal friend in the

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