Author's Unique Style - Herman Hesse uses dreams to foretell what stage of his life he is going to next. He also uses images of the river to represent the rivers knowledge and wisdom.

Setting - Siddhartha takes place in India during the time of Buddha. At that time both Buddhism and Muslim were the dominant religions of India.

Theme - The theme of the story is that you can't follow a guide to happiness, or in Siddhartha's case, peace.

Siddhartha- Siddhartha is a young handsome Brahmin when the story starts out. He becomes infatuated with the believe of total peace, and goes about trying to obtain it. At the end of the story he obtains inner peace.

Govinda- Govinda is Siddhartha's best friend. He also is striving to obtain inn

er peace. He follows Siddhartha for a while, but eventually goes to follow Buddha. Towards the end Govinda meets up with Siddhartha and discovers that he has obtained peace.

conflict- A struggle between two or more forces. The main conflict was Siddhartha's struggle with himself as to how to obtain inner peace.

During his childhood he was a Brahmin, which is a high religious class in the caste system. He was loved by all in his town, but he was still not happy. His elders had already passed most of their knowledge to him, but he still was not satisfied. He left the village to try to obtain peace with the Samanas.

Siddhartha, an Indian novel by Herman Hesse, is about a man who struggles to gain inner peace. He goes through many lifestyles and teachers and learns that no one can tell him how to obtain peace or happiness, but that he must discover it by himself.

Kamala- Kamala is the prostitute that teaches Siddhartha of physical love. She is driven by money, but is also very spiritual. When Siddhartha leaves her she closes her business and joins the Buddhists. When she makes a visit to see Buddha she meets with Siddhartha. While they are talking she gets bitten by a poisonous snake and dies.

Kamaswami- Kamaswami is the rich merchant that employees Siddhartha at one time. He is driven only by money and greed. Not much is said of K

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