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Jake Vickers Halbert English 2 April 24,2015 Honor bound Peace In The 1920’s Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, is a book written about a man who wants to find ultimate peace. Hesse wrote the book at a very interesting time with all that was going on around. Many people wouldn t associate the word â€Å"peace† with this time period, because between the Great Depression and World War II no one really knew what peace was. There were efforts to try and spread world peace but most didn t work. Hermann Hesse wrote Siddhartha as a statement to the world crisis and how there needed to be more world peace. Hermann Hesse was a man of many talents. He is a well known poet, author, and artist who has spread his work around the world and gained a name for himself. Hermann strives to spread world peace and is able to do so through his talents. At a very young age he was exposed to the term â€Å"acceptance† since his â€Å"family had been composed of different nationalities; to this was now added the experience of growing up among two d ifferent peoples, in two countries with their different dialects† (Hermann Hesse-Biographical). He was then open to all things since the people closest to him were all different and had different ethnic backgrounds. Hermann was also greatly affected by his studies as they had a huge impact on how he viewed things. Growing up in the time he did and where he did there weren t very many schooling options even though he knew what he wanted to do in life. He says, â€Å"from theShow MoreRelatedAnalysis Of Hermann Hesse s Siddhartha1520 Words   |  7 Pagescomfort in times of change, who will be there? That is the transition the protagonist in the novel Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse decides to make when he leaves the comfort of his home and finds comfort in the flow of the river. Just as our parents are with us since birth the river was with Siddhartha. The river was with him since a young boy â€Å"in the sunshine on the river bank by the boats†¦ Siddhartha, the handsome Brahmin’s son, grew up with his friend Govinda† (3). The river wasn’t just part of hisRead MoreAnalysis Of Hermann Hesse s Siddhartha And Things Fall Apart 990 Words   |  4 Pageswhat people do, say, and feel. Sometimes, changes or continuities based on a decision can change anyone. How do we cope with these feelings though? There are many ways to deal with these emotions, some are bad and some are good. Even in books like â€Å"Siddhartha†, â€Å"How To Kill a Mockingbird†, and â€Å"Things Fall Apart† characters need help in dealing with situations. The individuals distract themselves by setting goals, looking for a change, trying to understand something new, making a change in themselvesRead MoreSiddharth A Book Report1369 Words   |  6 PagesKeaton Knippel Per. 2 World History Hesting 3/12/15 Siddhartha: A Book Report Siddhartha Gautama is a cunning, intelligent man with a thirst for knowledge. He is expected to live up to his fathers name, and everything appears to show him exceeding it. The only problem is, Siddhartha’s teachers and even his own father have not achieved enlightenment, and he strives to seek enlightenment out within himself. Throughout the entire book, we follow Siddhartha as he discovers what the meaning of life is, andRead MoreHow Artificial Intelligence Will Impact The World900 Words   |  4 Pagesconcepts of â€Å"humanity,† â€Å"love,† and â€Å"mammalian instincts† into an AI, so it won’t destroy us in any future. But is it even possible to program such concepts into a machine? The relations between AI and philosophical logic are part of a larger story. It s hard to find philosophical theme that doesn t become entangled with issues relating to reasoning.Implicatures, ex, has to correspond to inferences that can be carried out by a rational interpreter of discourse. (Thomason, 2013)In short, getting artificial