Hermann Oberth

Von Braun was an Engineer and a rocket expert who was born on 23rd March in Wirsitz, Germany. He received telescope by his mother at a young age, which developed the passion of astronomy in him. In 1925 Von lived with his family in Berlin, during the time Von was living in Berlin he began reading ‘ The Rocket into Interplanetary Space’ which motivated Von to study maths and science. The passion for science made him the top student at school. In the late 1920s Von enrolled at the Berlin Institute of Technology and he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. After finishing his bachelor’s degree he enrolled at the University of Berlin to study physics. While he was studying at university he conducted an in-depth research…

If a person was asked to illustrate a physical representation of stupidity they may form the shape of an upside-down cone and write in it, “Dunce.” Success has often been correlated with knowledge, but, measuring how much knowledge someone possesses is tricky. In Charles Dickens Victorian novel, Great Expectations, Pip starts off as a young “common” boy who yearns for a higher station in life. Also yearning, in Herman Hesse’s Interwar novel, Siddhartha, is Siddhartha who leads a nomadic life in…

Natural entities holistically substantialize an explicit secular imitation that is synonymous to the inner workings of the unfastened course of reality. These various actualizations impart guidance and externalize the innate channels that connect human psyches through a mirrored version of life. In the novel, Siddhartha by Herman Hesse, the ubiquitous river is a lucid encapsulation of the spiritual progression of the eponymous character, Siddhartha, while simultaneously providing a framework…

In the book Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, throughout the entire book Siddhartha is taking a journey to what he thinks would help him find enlightenment, peace, wisdom, and knowledge. Siddhartha is taking this journey because he is in denial of his Brahmin heritage, and the teachings of Gotama, which his father gave to him, he feels like there is nothing more Gotama teachings can offer him to reach enlightenment. Wisdom and knowledge are two of the most topics brought up in “SIddhartha By Hermann…

The Samanas are wandering ascetics who have given up every possession they own to find some type of enlightenment. The Samanas are organized beggars, who are barely clothed, and are perceived as holy men. While Siddhartha is with the Samanas his goal is to “to become empty, to become empty of thirst, desire, dreams, pleasure, and sorrow--- to let the self-die” (Hermann Hesse, 14). Although, Siddhartha did learn ways of losing the self with the Samanas, the self always came back. Siddhartha…

Silent Teacher Teachers do not always need to have a voice to direct actions and expound intelligence. In the novel Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse, the river serves as a guide that assists Siddhartha on his path to enlightenment. Throughout the book, the river represents something in the outside world that makes Siddhartha grow, but also separate him. By separating Siddhartha’s life into the new Siddhartha and the old, the river shows the growth and change that Siddhartha experiences throughout…

study the immediate experience, which is one’s consciousness. Titchener felt that the goals for psychology were the determination of the what, how, and why of mental life. Titchener said that “the what” was to be learned through careful introspection and analysis. The ultimate goal was to catalog the basic mental elements that account for all conscious experience. Titchener then went on to explain that “the how” was to be an answer to the question of how the elements combine. Titchener stated…

A symbol present in Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha is the river. The river in the novel symbolizes life and unity and satisfies Siddhartha's spiritual Journey which awakens him to many new ideas and truths. When Vasudeva first takes Siddhartha across the river,he does not see it as anything but beautiful. Vasudeva tells Siddhartha that much can be learned from it, however Siddhartha does not understand this and dismissed it as foolishness. The next time Siddhartha encounters the river he has…

Siddhartha is a book about trying to find himself and reach enlightenment. The book has nothing to do with religion but has some aspects relating Buddhism. Some terms used are Nirvana, om, timeless etc. Siddhartha left his father, his best friend, his successful career as a Brahmin. in order to complete this his journey and find enlightenment his own way. The major point in this book is that you must kill your self in way kill your old habits, In order to progress and become the…

Over the course of our lives, we all have moments of complete solitude and time to reflect on life. Whether it is solitude away from friends and family, solitude in the form of indifference of a topic, or just solitude in finding your own path and purpose in this world, we all reflect in times of solitude and from this we form our own opinions and ideas. Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha translated by Hilda Rosner portrays this in multiple different forms. As our lead character sets out on his journey…