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.
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as he is gaining these skills and pleasures, does Siddhartha find happiness?
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