Allusions in Siddartha Payton Cozzi Period:1 Allusion is one of the main messages in Siddartha. Everything is not always what you think it is and you really have to read between the lines in this novel. Herman Hesse has a religious tone to writing which can bring up a different type of allusions, the first one and most prominent one being, a biblical allusion. There are repeated examples of religious texts from Hindu and Buddhist bibles such as “It is not for me to judge another man's life. I must judge, I must choose, I must spurn, purely for myself. For myself, alone.” - Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha compared to a quote from Buddha “Do not be the judge of other people; do not make assumptions about others, only yourself you may.” -Gautama Buddha. Many quotes are very similar throughout the book, some are even ‘direct’ quotes from Hindu and Buddhist bibles. …show more content…
Unity; "the state of being one or a unit; harmony, agreement in feelings or ideas or aims, etc." Unity is introduced by means of the river and by the word "Om." Siddhartha and the narrator also introduces this theme by things as such. “By this river I want to stay, thought Siddhartha, it is the same which I have crossed a long time ago on my way to the childlike people, a friendly ferryman had guided me then, he is the one I want to go to, starting out from his hut, my path had led me at that time into a