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.
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