Explain this main theme of Siddhartha, "breaking out of established civilization to find one’s own essential spirit."

'Breaking out of established civilization to find one’s own essential spirit' is a quest for identity, a relentless quest for truth to discover one's uniqueness in life's troubling and often winding paths.

Explanation:

After experiencing the devastation of World War 1, 'Siddhartha' is a writer's journey to finding the meaning and essence of life.

An allegory of the life of Buddha, 'Siddhartha' which was written by Hermann Hesse, sought answers for the many questions about life and existence that was troubling his soul. He found that essence in teachings and practices  of Buddhism.

'Breaking out of established civilization to find one’s own essential spirit' is the quest for identity, a relentless quest for truth to discover one's uniqueness in life's troubling and often winding paths.

the question concerns exactly this part of the speech:

i am not now thinking of the loss of property involved, immense and serious as that is, but only of the wanton and wholesale destruction of the lives of non-combatants, men, women, and children, engaged in pursuits which have always, even in the darkest periods of modern history, been deemed innocent and legitimate. property can be paid for; the lives of the peaceful and innocent people cannot be.

president wilson talks about the lives of people destroyed by german army. but these people are not americans, they are the local people living in europe. the president mentions the barbarity of germans, considering that he is not targeting the nation, instead it is said about german army. the correct answer is the last one.

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