Katie H- Herman Hess and Cold Fever

As we are talking about the text narcissus and Goldmund by Herman Hesse, I am going to consider this to be a good chance to discuss his writing. I was asked to read Siddhartha in the beginning of high school, I then learned about how Pietism works and his exploration into psychoanalysis. many int he psychological field no longer consider Freud's work to be viable as his data is based off case studies, were unethically collected, and therefore cannot be generalized to the population. his writing did win him a Nobel Prize, but I have never been able to enjoy his writing. I find his phrasing and sentence structure to be confusing and too overly complicated. while I love poetry writing styles and find some of his ideas wonderful, some of his religious beliefs in Siddhartha went beyond what I thought was necessary to discuss. 

We also recently watched the film Cold Fever which was fascinating, and as I have spare space in this entry there are a few things I still do not understand from the film. I do not understand the significance of his suitcase. the film made it clear his luggage was important but I cannot figure out why its so significant that entire shots are dedicated to the luggage. I also find it strange that it was mostly women he met along the journey and why that was chosen.