Summary: So I ended up finishing the book and the ending turns out to be pretty good. Basically what happens is that Siddhartha ends up being a successful samana because he went through all the lows of a samana and now he is on top. So basically he pretty much ends up where he started in the book. The difference from the start to the end though is that in the start, he had success without really knowing how he got it and doubted if he should. In the end, he becomes successful and knows it is coming from being a samana and that is why I like the whole outcome of the book.
Quote: "Govinda bowed low. Incontrollable tears trickled down his old face. He was overwhelmed by a feeling of great love, of the most humble veneration" (Hesse 153).
Reaction: Govinda was Siddhartha's close friend, so I suppose it seemed appropriate for him to start crying due to Siddhartha's success as a samana. Siddhartha did do things that nobody thought he would ever do in his lifetime and Siddhartha challenged those thoughts and became a samana. He was a successful samana because he made it all the way from sleeping outside in the cold to wearing fancy clothes. Becoming a samana really gave the meaning of life to Siddhartha and Govinda is very proud of that.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Siddhartha (pgs 31-80)
Summary: So basically what happened during this period of the book is that Siddhartha meets this girl named Kamala. Kamala is also a samana like Siddhartha but she is a higher level than him. Basically, Siddhartha gets non-needed help from her and that is how he starts to become a higher level as a samana. With being in the higher level, you are able to have clothes, food, water, and etc. I think in this section of the book, he may be coming of age because he already knew what it was like to be on top and now he is almost at the top again but this time he started over and worked his way up to this point.
Quote: "Siddhartha had learned how to transact buisness affairs, to exercise power over people, to amuse himself with women; he had learned to wear fine clothes, to command servants, to bathe in sweet-smelling waters" (Hesse 78).
Reaction: What I think about this quote is that he already knows how to do these things basically. He has already lived this life but during that time, it was given to him. This time, he earned it by being a samana, starting all the way at the bottom, now he is almost at the top again. So basically it is like he rightfully earned the right to have these nice privileges and I feel happy for him because I feel like he really earned his way almost at the top. Hopefully he can go all the way to the top and finally live his life the way he originally lived it before becoming a samana.
Quote: "Siddhartha had learned how to transact buisness affairs, to exercise power over people, to amuse himself with women; he had learned to wear fine clothes, to command servants, to bathe in sweet-smelling waters" (Hesse 78).
Reaction: What I think about this quote is that he already knows how to do these things basically. He has already lived this life but during that time, it was given to him. This time, he earned it by being a samana, starting all the way at the bottom, now he is almost at the top again. So basically it is like he rightfully earned the right to have these nice privileges and I feel happy for him because I feel like he really earned his way almost at the top. Hopefully he can go all the way to the top and finally live his life the way he originally lived it before becoming a samana.
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