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Topics and Thesis Statements

In the novels __Siddhartha__ by Hermann Hesse and __Perfume the Story of a Murderer__ by Patrick Suskind the authors use animals to reflect the journey of the protagonist when they change. || The poorly executed first murders in //Perfume// and //Sailor// act as stepping stones the growth of the killers, from ineptitude and uncertainty, to fulfillment of their perceptions or beliefs, leading to a final, greater murder. || Since water is a part of nature and has a variety of attributes associated with it, it is something that attracts all kinds of people; for Ryuji in //The Sailor who Fell Grace with the Sea// by Yukio Mishima//,// the sea represents a call to adventure leading to glory, while for Siddhartha in //Siddhartha// by Hermann Hesse, the river is a guide or a divine being that possesses the ultimate way to achieve enlightenment. || The emptiness felt in characters due to their distance from society and thier self awareness of being different led them closer to violence with which they used to try to fulfill the emptiness they felt. In the end, however, they both failed because the problems they face were not solved from the roots. || The motif of genius is present throughout both novels within certain characters and is used by the authors to portray the method in which the characters, Grenouille and the Chief, achieve their goal of gaining superiority ||
 * Andrew || Animals Reflecting Protagonists in //Perfume// and //Siddhartha//
 * Andrew || Animals Reflecting Protagonists in //Perfume// and //Siddhartha//
 * Angus || First Murder in //Perfume// and //Sailor//
 * Henry || Points of View in //Perfume// and //Sailor// ||
 * Jacky || In Yukio Mishima’s //The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea// and Hermann Hesse’s //Siddhartha//, Noboru’s and young Siddhartha’s ironic rejections of love from father figures led to Ryuji and Siddhartha’s epiphanic realization about their past mistakes. ||
 * Jerome || In __Siddhartha__ by Hermann Hesse, while the protagonist Siddhartha was on his journey, he relied on his own power, the power of patience, respect and kindness to achieve his goals, while in __Perfume: The Story of the Murderer__ by Patrick Suskind, Grenouille, the protagonist of that novel, relies on his power of loathing to reach his goal.  ||
 * Jimmy || It is Grenouille’s lack of interaction with people that causes him to become apathetic whereas Noboru’s constantly being surrounded by people influences his anger. All in all, it is the relations that the characters Noboru and Grenouille have with the people around them that allow them to kill without feeling a sense of regret afterwards. ||
 * John || Bodies of Water (River & Sea) in //Siddhartha// & //Sailor//
 * Kathy || In Patrick Suskind’s __Perfume__, Grenouille, the protagonist, develops an indifferent view on murder. Noboru, the protagonist in Yukio Mishima’s __Sailor__, on the other hand, artificially develops a nonchalant and detached view of murder. Although Grenouille and Noboru were raised in different societies, their settings stimulate the protagonists to develop arrogance and indifferent attitudes toward murder. ||
 * Linda || Fulfilling Emptiness in //Perfume// and //Sailor//
 * Neville || In the novel //Siddhartha// by Hermann Hesse and //Perfume: The Story of a Murderer// by Patrick Suskind, the protagonists in both novels achieve their life-time desire through personal experiences. ||
 * Niu Niu || Both Siddhartha and Ryuji strive for balance on neutral ground in order to achieve a resolution between their desires, and the space and time in which they exist. ||
 * Roy || Genius in //Perfume// & //Sailor//
 * Vickie || Use of deception to achieve goals in //Perfume// & //Sailor.// Ultimately, the two protagonists from each story, Grenouille and Noboru, are only able to achieve temporary fulfillment as opposed to eternal satisfaction as a result of deceiving themselves in the process. ||