Siddhartha's Inward Journey Siddhartha was written by Hermann Hesse, as a fictional adventure for the body and soul. Siddhartha was once an intelligent boy who dared to think of something more. Siddhartha is now an enlightened man, who dared to think of something more. Siddhartha traveled though life the best he knew how, and many times he did all he could. Siddhartha's inward journey, from innocence to guilt and despair, then finally to destruction or …showed first 75 words of 924 total…

…showed last 75 words of 924 total…After almost every temptation, sidetracks, and everything else bad or harmful Siddhartha has experience and surpassed. He finally reached peace when Govinda had not. This is strange because the stuck up one finds peace and harmony, and the nice, helpful one doesn't. But at the end Govinda reaches enlightenment in an emotional display. As young men they were best of friends, innocent and free. As old men they are best of friend, enlightened and peaceful.