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Hesse's Siddhartha as it Parallels Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Title: Hesse's Siddhartha as it Parallels Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
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Hesse's Siddhartha as it Parallels Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Several parallels can be drawn between the psychologist Abraham Maslow's theoretical hierarchy of needs and the spiritual journey of Siddhartha, the eponymous main character in Herman Hesse's novel. Maslow's hierarchy of needs is somewhat of a pyramid that is divided into eight stages of need through which one progresses throughout one's entire life. During the course of his lifetime, Siddhartha's personality develops in a manner congruent with the stages of Maslow's hierarchy. Siddhartha's progress from …showed first 75 words of 1841 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1841 total…importance of the journey itself, not only the actual achievement. Although not everyone reaches that goal, it is that goal which motivates people to strive to be their very best, knowing that lasting happiness sits shining atop the pyramid.
Works Cited
Hesse, Herman. Siddhartha. New York: New Directions Publishing
Company, 1951.
Glenn, Jerry. Monarch Notes. The Major Works of Herman Hesse. New York: Monarch Press, 1973.
Schultz, Duane . Theories of Personality. Monterey, California: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, 1976.
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