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r5tommy
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has anyone read it?

we're doing this book in english, and i was wondering if it was influencial to anyone, or if its just lame.
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Sep 21 2004 5:46PM
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Earl_Globz
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wtf are you talkin bout?
Sep 21 2004 5:46PM
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highfive
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yea good book, i like it cuz its about finding your own path... he meets buddha across the way so thats cool...

good book, im not much of a reader but this one really got me
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Sep 21 2004 5:47PM
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Quinny
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I read it. HighFive is actually wrong. He doesn't meet Buddha, he IS Buddha.

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Sep 21 2004 5:52PM
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highfive
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Oh yea.. wow i feel like a moron.. but he does run into another philosopher who is supposedly being followed by a ton of people. I remember that he doesn't like this at all because he finds out he must follow his own path or something
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Sep 21 2004 5:54PM
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twix_182
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yea i read it. its wierd cause he does meet buddha, but at the end he like also becomes him to. he takes the same paths a buddha and reaches nirvana. his meeting of the buddha is kind of a symbol i guess of what he is going to be like. i cant explain it well


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Sep 21 2004 5:56PM
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highfive
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and yes it is influential... the message behind the whole thing is great.

one of the best books ive ever read.. but its been a long time..
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Dr.Dealgood
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haha he doesn't meet Buddha you fool. Buddha = Siddartha Guatama. He's a metaphor for the actual person.

But yes the book is written with a great authentic flair to it, the language is like Nectar in a Sieve if you've read that. The book is quite interesting, the end is especially powerful. Very enlightening read, quick too. Enjoy it.
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Sep 21 2004 6:05PM
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twix_182
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^thats what i was trying to say in a way. i think our teach said quatama or whatev. was like another name for buddha


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Sep 21 2004 6:11PM
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mattwalker
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considering he meets the buddah on his journey, i really doubt he is the Buddah... i am reading it... i dont like it


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Sep 21 2004 6:12PM
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Dr.Dealgood
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First off if you knew some Buddhist history you'd know that Buddha's birth name is Siddartha Gautama. Hesse's character is based off him, they had identical early lives. However, Hesse took the liberty of designing the book's character's journey to enlightment; seeing as there is little documentation of that period of Siddartha's life. All we really know is how his life began, and that is what Hesse uses as a launching point. The journey is fictional.

Siddartha does not meet the actual Buddha, he meets an enlightened leader by the name of Buddha. However, his name is given to him to allude to the future of Siddartha and one of the book's messages. Enlightenment is not something attained on a universal path, it is an individual journey.
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Sep 21 2004 6:19PM
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r5tommy
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aight thanks, i will now read the book, in hopes to inrich my inner soul
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Sep 21 2004 6:38PM
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twix_182
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and thats why all those followers of the guy siddhartha met never bacame enlightened. siddartha went out on his own journey


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Sep 21 2004 6:39PM
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mattwalker
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haha my teacher was wrong... nice job dude


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Sep 21 2004 6:45PM
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B-Wald
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definitely an awesome book.
i'd probably say it's my favorite i've read.

it definitely is enlightening and kinda changed how i look at life. some people like it a lot. some people hate it.

the book's actually (according to my english teacher last year) an autobiography of Hesse. of course, seeing as hesse is german, it wasn't in the same environment but a lot of the happenings in the book mirror things that hesse experienced in his life.
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Sep 21 2004 6:53PM
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twix_182
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anyone ever read catcher in the rye? i dont get how it influenced that guy to kill john lennon


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Sep 21 2004 7:00PM
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Quinny
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Catcher in the Rye. Read that one to. It was total garbage. That book was just a whinny little brat complain about how 'phony' people are. I found it extremely tedious and unfulfilling.

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Sep 21 2004 7:15PM
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twix_182
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yea that is pretty much what it is. but i dont see how it influenced ppl to do bad things


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Sep 21 2004 7:20PM
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Quinny
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That guy was just a nut. No real explanation for a psycho.

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Sep 21 2004 7:23PM
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books? what are these things you speak of



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Sep 21 2004 7:28PM
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Snubluck
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Yea, Siddhartha Guotama was Buddha, but yeah that whole story was kind of like one like figurative speech about taking your own path, but also a story of Buddhism and purification.

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Sep 21 2004 8:10PM
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Joe.
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sorry, never heard of it....was it good?




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Sep 21 2004 8:12PM
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im readin it right now



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Sep 21 2004 9:04PM
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JZ
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that is my roommate...seriosly
Sep 21 2004 9:19PM
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THATS MEE!!!!
Sep 21 2004 9:21PM
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marlin_102
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i have that book, but i havnet read it..you guys have inspired me to read it when im done my current book.


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Sep 21 2004 9:52PM
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destroy
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my parents are hella into buddhist philosophy and stuff, i think we have that book, i might go read it now

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Sep 21 2004 10:29PM
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Sdot
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Awesome read. I loved the book. Have fun reading it.


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Sep 22 2004 12:00AM
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@k
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good book, makes you think






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Sep 22 2004 12:18AM
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skimack
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it's pretty ill. Some deep shit in that book.

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Sep 22 2004 12:22AM
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cool.
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i enjoyed the book but i read it a few months ago and now i have to write a paper on it. bump. anyone want to help a brotha out with a paper?
Apr 28 2011 3:09PM
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HARDSTYLE2767
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Really good book
Apr 28 2011 3:23PM
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feihlination
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lulz
Apr 28 2011 3:25PM
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=siddhartha+sparknotes
Apr 28 2011 3:26PM
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gregorio
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You need to elaborate on the subject of the paper a little more if you want any help
Apr 28 2011 3:28PM
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feihlination
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best would be in this case to make a new thread, what was 04 even good for?
Apr 28 2011 3:36PM
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cool.
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i ended up writing it. and there was no direction for this paper. we could write on whatever we wanted so i just ended up writing on how the book helped me realize what i believe in. super easy paper and my english teacher said she liked the topic.

definitely a good book though
Apr 28 2011 8:56PM
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Jonny7
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i really enjoyed that book, made me think a lot
Apr 28 2011 8:58PM
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BKlein
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How has no one noticed that this thread is seven years old...
Apr 28 2011 9:47PM
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Jonny7
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we did
Apr 28 2011 9:49PM
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EmperorKuzco
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I love that book! It really similar to my favorite book by Paulo Coelho The Alchemist so inspiring
Apr 28 2011 10:01PM
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.brian
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I had to read that book last year and thought it was terrible
Apr 28 2011 10:06PM
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EmperorKuzco
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It is** on my iPod....
Apr 28 2011 10:21PM
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