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   || Silence allows the characters in //__Perfume: The Story of a Murderer__//, by Patrick Suskind, and in //__Siddhartha__//, by Herman Hesse to reach revelations about either themselves or others.  ||  ||  “Enlightenment” refers to the Age of Reason in which logic and reason were the principal authorities in //Perfume: The Story of a Murderer // by Patrick Suskind, whereas in //Siddharta //, by Herman Hesse, “enlightenment” is the state of being free from suffering in which introspection and feeling are emphasized as the primary modes of thought, and it is this contrast of the term “enlightenment” between the two novels as well as the two protagonists’ resulting fates emphasizes the necessity for a balance between reason and emotion.  ||   || Through the failure of both Ryuji, from Yukio Mishima's The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea//, // and Govinda, from Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha, attempt to achieve self-discovery, both Mishima and Hesse may be suggesting that humans, like all other animals, require the influence of nature to truly live a fulfilled life. ||   || The novels // Perfume: The story of a Murderer //by Patrick Süskind and // Siddhartha //by Hermann Hesse demonstrates the futility of books or reading and writing in order to learn, as the protagonists surpass the knowledge of minor characters without the assistance of literature. || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Eyes allow the understanding of the character’s individual characteristics by revealing emotion and experience through the expression and nature of the eyes. However, within the novel, vision serves as a catalyst for misjudgment and wrongful decisions, whereas sightlessness provides concentration and allows for characters to focus on their initial goals. || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';"> || <span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Darkness increases character’s intimacy or proximity and serves as a catalyst for the realization that they cannot keep their passions in the dark, which results in exposure to the light as well as pursuing their goals. <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Religious references glorify the main characters, both to bestow glory to Jean-Baptiste Grenouille in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind and to further glorify Siddhartha in Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. However, in Perfume, Süskind uses religious allusions to criticize religious followers and ultimately religious institutions, while Hesse uses religious references to depict the positives of following a spiritual path. || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">the identical reactions displayed by Grenouille and Noboru in similar situations respectively create chronologically smooth progressions towards the characters’ dispassion  || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Empty, desolate settings reflect negative turning points in relationships that the protagonists Siddhartha and Noboru Kuroda have with other characters in their respective novels, shedding light on the progressive deteriorations of these relationships. || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">The animals used to parallel Grenouille and Siddhartha, central characters of Patrick Süskind’s __Perfume: The Story of a Murderer__ and Herman Hesse’s __Siddhartha__ respectively, before and after their pursuit of a life goal become passive to active, reflecting the change in their activeness in the novel. || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';"> || <span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">In the novels // Siddhartha // and // Perfume: The Story of a Murderer //, the protagonists Siddhartha and Grenouille experience temporary happiness in their lives by indulging in the gratification of their physical selves but eventually discovers a greater satisfaction in the form of inner mental contentment. <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">In Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, by Patrick Suskind, and in Siddhartha, by Herman Hesse, the protagonists’ physical or mental endurance of pain reveals their invincible qualities in achieving their goals. || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">The distinctive roles that songs play in each protagonist’s lives reveal Ryuji’s inner conflict and his difficulty in interacting with others from the land in Yukio Mishima’s // The Sailor Who fell from Grace with the Sea //and the teaching of perfection to Siddhartha in Hermann Hesse’s // Siddhartha //. || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">The involuntary sacrifices of Laure Richis in Patrick Suskind’s // Perfume // and Kamala in Hermann Hesse’s // Siddhartha // contribute to Grenouille and Siddharta’s attainment of aspiration and induce significant alteration which further leads to a greater understanding in their lives, respectively. || <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Yukio Mishima's // The Sailor who fell from Grace with the Sea. // || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">: In both novels, Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse and the Sailor who fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima, the protagonists' thinking or actions are shaped through the interaction with their mentors, which ultimately results in them achieving their final goal. <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">. <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">In Patrick Süskind’s // Perfume: The story of a murderer // and Hermann Hesse’s // Siddhartha //, clothes symbolizes the status and power, as well as hide and reveal true natures, of the protagonists  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Ryuiji and Siddhartha’s struggle between two worlds are greatly affected by the women involved in their lives, pulling them against their true passion and happiness in the two novels//, // // <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the  //<span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';"> Sea by Yukio Mishima and // Siddhartha // by Herman Hesse. || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Title || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Thesis statement  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Simon || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';"> Power of Silence in Patrick Suskind's // __Perfume__ // and Herman Hesse's // __Siddhartha__ //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Sarah || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">The role of characters’ performances in Patrick Süskind’s __Perfume: the Story of a Murderer__ and Yukio Mishima’s __The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea__  || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">The multiple roles that characters play in their novel’s very own “theater” demonstrate as they are driven by the appearances they must uphold to “blend” into society in order to achieve their respective goals  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Diane || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">How the motif of homes/ household items illustrate that happiness overpowers wealth in Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, and the Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima. <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">  || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Homes and household items show that money cannot buy happiness.  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Daphne || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">The significance of light in Hermann Hesse’s __Siddhartha__ and Yukio Mishima’s __The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea__   || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">In Siddhartha, light reveals how the status of Vasudeva and Siddhartha is equal to that of Gotama. In __The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea__, light describes desire.   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Emily || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Title: The Differing Definitions of “Enlightenment” in Patrick Suskind’s //Perfume: The Story of a Murderer// and Herman Hesse’s //Siddharta// and their Roles in Defining Respective Protagonists to Emphasize the Need for a Balance between Logic and Reason
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Dong Hyeok || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Role of Sex in Yukio Mishima’s // The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea // and Herman Hesse’s // Siddhartha //  || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">:  Sex leads both Ryuji and Siddhartha to forsake their previous identity and to learn valuable lessons in life.    ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Jacques || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">The Compression of Grand Power Into Smaller Entities in __Perfume: The Story of a Murderer__ by Patrick Suskind and __Siddhartha__ by Hermann Hesse  || <span style="background: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">The compression of grand power into smaller entities reveals that despite a transfer of great power through a perceivable medium, it is difficult to transform innate identities. <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Isabel || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Fruit indicates both positive and negative relationships in __Perfume: The Story of a Murderer__ by Patrick Suskind and __Siddhartha__ by Herman Hesse . <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">  || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Fruit’s juice, seeds, color and shape highlight and foreshadow both positive and negative relationships within the two novels .   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Amanda || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Exposure as a means of Deception in // Perfume: The story of a Murderer // by Patrick Suskind and // The Sailor who fell From Grace with the Sea // by Yukio Mishima  || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Characters expose themselves and put themselves in exposing settings to deceive those around them.  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Cameron || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Food and consumption: Paralleling the emotional and mental wellbeing of the protagonists in Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse and Perfume by Patrick Süskind.  || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">In both Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse and Perfume by Patrick Süskind different types of food, and its consumption or lack thereof, serves to parallel the emotional and mental wellbeing of the protagonists.  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Vincent || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">The failure to achieve self-discovery in Yukio Mishima's The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea and Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Britain || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">The Futility of using books and writing to learn in // Perfume: The Story of a Murderer // by Patrick Süskind and // Siddhartha //by Hermann Hesse
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Natalie || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">The contrasting levels of clarity represented by eyes in the novels Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind and Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Kathy || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">The Role of Darkness in Suskind’s // Perfume: the story of a murderer //and Mishima’s // The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Jocelyn || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Religious References in Patrick Süskind’s // Perfume: Story of a Murderer // and Hermann Hesse’s // Siddhartha //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Michael R || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Significance of the progression of Grenouilles’ and Norborus’ reactions from passion to nonchalance as they approach their goals in the novels <span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';"> “ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Perfume: The Story of a Murderer” by Patrick Suskind and ‘The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea” by Yukio Mishima <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Riowena || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Settings as reflectors of turning points in character relationships in Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha and Yukio Mishima’s The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Michael X || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Animals as reflections of characters activeness in Patrick Süskind’s Perfume: __The Story of a Murderer__ and Herman Hesse’s __Siddhartha__
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">John W || <span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Siddhartha and Grenouille's experience of internal and external factors as ways of discovering happiness. <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Jerry || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">The role of objects in motion in Herman Hesse’s // Siddhartha // and Yukio Mishima’s // The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea //   || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Objects in motion serve to portray the change in Siddhartha and Ryuji’s understandings of the world around them and characterize Ryuji and Siddhartha for the readers  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Shavonne || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Women’s dominance expressed through the use of their households in Yukio Mishima’s The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea and Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha  || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Fusako and Kamala’s dominance in their relationships with Ryuji and Siddhartha is expressed through the use of their households.  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Chris Hwa || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Endurance Demonstrates Protagonist’s Invincibility
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Gilbert || __<span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">The role of giving in revealing the underlying, and often selfish, motives of individuals in Patrick Suskind’s Perfume and Yukio Mishima’s The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea __<span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">  || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">In Perfume and Sailor, people giving other people things is merely done for personal advantage, characters in both novels display a similar feature of giving so that they can get back in return different forms of satisfaction.   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">William || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">The distinctive roles that songs play in each protagonists life in Yukio Mishima’s // The Sailor Who fell from Grace with the Sea //and Hermann Hesse’s // Siddhartha. //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Oli || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">  || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">The immoral actions of violence and spying done by the protagonists in, Perfume and Sailor, ironically serve as a way for Grenouille and Noboru to achieve self-satisfaction.  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Henry || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Stripping for Benefits in Perfume by Patrick Suskind and the Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima  || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Stripping serves to redefine goals for the protagonist in Perfume by Patrick Suskind and the Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">He Ra || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">The Significance of Involuntary Sacrifices of Laure Richis in Patrick Suskind’s // Perfume //and Kamala in Hermann Hesse’s // Siddharatha //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Wendy || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Indifference in Murder in Patrick Suskind’s // Perfume: The Story of a Murderer //and Yukio Mishima’s // The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea //  || **<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-weight: normal;">Grenouille and Noboru's indifference in murder is shown through the preparation and process of killing, as well as the very mechanic and emotionless descriptions of the corpse. **<span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">valerie || <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Interaction with mentors leading to unintentional lessons as well as achieving goals in Herman Hesse's // Siddhartha // and
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Maryanne || <span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">The Size of Settings in // The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea // and // Siddhartha // Reflect the Protagonists’ Level of Understanding. <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">  || <span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">The size of settings in // The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea // by Yukio Mishima and // Siddhartha // by Hermann Hesse change in accordance to the level of understanding of protagonists Noboru Kuroda and Siddhartha. <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Kevin || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">The role of sunlight in Hermann Hesse’s // Siddhartha // and Patrick Susskind’s // Perfume: the Story of a Murderer //  || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Sunlight is utilized to reveal various conceived conceptions of characters  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Robert || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">The impact of clothing in __Perfume: The story of a murderer__ by Patrick Süskind and __Siddhartha__ by Hermann Hesse
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Seo Hyun || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Effect of the boat in // The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea // by Yukio Mishima and the raft in // Siddhartha // by Hermann Hesse on navigating Ryuji and Siddhartha to their goals.   || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Although they are usually used to transport objects, the boat in // The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea // by Yukio Mishima and the raft in // Siddhartha // by Hermann Hesse, leads the two characters Ryuji and Siddhartha either away from or closer to their ultimate goals.  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Janita || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Women’s Creation of Conflict: // The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea //by Yukio Mishima & // Siddhartha // by Herman Hesse
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Sean || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Alone à <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">dark and absurd thoughts  || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Brandon || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Punishment  || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">DaSol || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">Clothing  || <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif';">  ||