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Siddhartha vs Luke Skywalker

Who would've ever thought that a philosophical fiction novel and a science fiction, action movie could be so similar. To my surprise the foundation behind both are quite equivalent. Both focusing around the journey of a hero who is essentially on a quest to find themselves and their purpose. The basic boring setup: the boy leaves home, discovers something beyond himself, runs into some trouble, and then finally recovers and discovers the best version of himself. While teaching different lessons and going through different scenarios and interactions, "Siddhartha" and 

By The River - Siddhartha

Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope are still inherently intertwined. Portraying a hero's journey as the focus of a piece of literary or cinematic work is a technique used in order to "add clarity and interest and depth to the task" all while teaching a lesson. From Siddhartha us readers are exposed to the reality that materialistic values and living in the "plastic world" is truly not as great as it might seem. What we value in life and how we decide to go about those values through our actions, is the determinate of how happy we'll be in life. Similarly but different, is the journey of Luke Skywalker. While Luke was thrown into his journey instead of wishing to embark on it, he still comes to the same result. He discovers his purpose. Evidently while hero's journeys within differing pieces of work seem to follow the same setup, including ups and downs and traumatic events, they overall are still successful at portraying the importance of different life lessons.

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