Siddhartha Hero's Journey

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Everyone has a hero’s journey, a path of life. The choices one makes are categorized into the stages of the hero’s journey. The stages of the hero’s journey are utilized in many different forms of literature. These stages are prevalent in the novel Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. They are used to illustrate the transformation of a young naive Siddhartha, to an enlightened old man. The three most significant and recognizable stages of Siddhartha’s journey are the call to adventure, the belly of the whale, and the magic flight. The call to adventure is important because Siddhartha decides to start his journey, his path to enlightenment. Siddhartha realizes what he really wants and decides to pursue the concept of enlightenment. “Then the father

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