Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha

Julius Oladosu, 28, ambitious, and young, lost faith in a dream. He won the visa lottery, which was his door to coming to the United States, but could not afford to pay for finances. This led him to questioning why God let him get so close to fulfilling his goal, just to take it away? He kept pondering on a resolution to fix the dilemma and felt that if he worked hard, a solution would come. In correlation to The Open Boat, Julius was not able to obtain his goal in the beginning because every time he got closer, a problem would approach and extract him further away from his dream. Every time the four men in The Open Boat would get closer to the shore, more water would fill up the boat causing them to sink and have to move back out into sea.

Siddhartha goes on a excursion to find his common goal, enlightenment and meditates on why he has not found his purpose. He deliberates on everything he has learned and puts in the work, but still ceases to find an answer. In Chapter 2, With The Samanas, Siddhartha affirms, “But that I, Siddhartha, find only a short numbing of the senses in my exercises and meditations and that I am just as far removed from wisdom, from salvation, as a child in the mother's womb,”( Hesse 6). He is stating in response to Govinda’s analogy about the drunkard not changing or gaining enlightenment, that thinking about the situation is not going to change anything, but putting in the work can help. Later on in the passage, he applies tolerance, attentiveness,time, and faith to his journey and is able to reach his goal. After learning the teachings of many teachers and not finding himself, He is finally able to acknowledge that if he does not listen, a change will not come. In comparison to Julius, Siddhartha was so close to finding his dream,enlightenment, but every time he got closer to his vision, he would doubt himself and get feel as though his goal was getting farther