The River In Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha

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In the novel Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, the river represents the country. Siddhartha felt peace when he visited the river and it gave him Nirvana or Enlightenment.

The river gave Siddhartha one more probability in living life again. He was contemplating suicide because he was so unhappy in his materialistic life that he went to the river to drown himself, but at the last moment the river made him feel peace and fathom the idea that life is something he should not waste.

“ The new Siddhartha felt a deep love for this flowing water and decided that he will not leave it again so quickly” (Hesse 100).

Also, the river gave him peace and helped him to reach his goal; have inner peace and attain nirvana. The river taught him the
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