Logan Pearsall Smith once said “It is not what an author says, but what he or she whispers, that is important.”. I do agree with this quote, I believe that the little things in life are just as important as the big things.

In the novel Siddhartha by Herman Hesse, Siddhartha is trying to figure out who he really is, and he realizes that it it’s the little things that matter the most. In the beginning of the book Siddhartha sees himself differently than he does in other parts of the story. For example, in the beginning Siddharta is loved by many people, but he wants to find his way in life, and find out who he really is. He realizes that he doesn’t understand himself, and he needs to do what makes him happy.  He was always a giving person, and tried to help a lot of people. Toward the end of the story, he changes. He becomes more careless than he was in the beginning.

In the novel, dreams are considered a motif. This is because he has many dreams throughout the story.

Many things in the novel Siddhartha, by Heraman Hesse are considered symbolic. For example, the color yellow. This color represents the monks, because it was the color of the robes that that wore. The river was also symbolic in this story. The river in the story was symbolic because it shows him who he really is, and how he finds himself.

The quote “It is not what an author says, but what he or she whispers, that is important”, said by Logan Pearsall Smith, does relate to the novel Siddhartha, by Herman Hesse.