Siddhartha's Journey There are two parts to the main theme of this work. One part is that people can teach religious doctrine, but it may not lead one to find one's true inner "self". The other part is that knowledge can be taught, but wisdom comes from experience. The main character, Siddhartha, came to understand these things during his glorious journey to find spiritual enlightenment in the book Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. In order to find his "self", Siddhartha undertook a quest that was split into four main parts. These parts include: understanding, escape from "self", knowledge of "self", and wisdom, (enlightenment). The first part, understandi