Summary:
People look up to Siddhartha. They loved the way that he carried himself. One thing that was troubling was that Siddhartha didn't believe that he joyful because he lacked all joy deep within his heart. Siddhartha inspired everyone that knew him, but he wasn't inspiring to himself. Life is not what Siddhartha wants, he wants a world of emptiness. Siddhartha is denial and wants nothing of life, even though people look up to him, he lacks in his life and he will not dare take credit for how good people see him.
Siddhartha has one goal and that is to become empty, empty of thirst, desire, dreams, pleasure, and sorrow. When a human body is no longer self is what Siddhartha is after. I wonder why he's acting so careless of life, and just down as if his whole family has died and he's the only one left. What's wrong with Siddhartha?
There's a lot of questions about life in this book, and Siddhartha gives you the answers to them. Siddhatha is lost in life, and it seems so wrong because he doesn't want life. Siddhartha wants life to be taken away from himself. This book is so cool it makes you question yourself and makes you wonder, and wander in your mind. Siddhartha is a down person, he has the skills and the teachings to be powerful. Govinda, his shadow trys to push him and allow him to see that he can do better, but Siddhartha turns down his request. Govinda said that Siddhartha can walk on water but again, Siddhartha says no, leave that kind of arts up to the elder Samanas , who have much more experience and knowledge. Govinda has decided to move on without Siddhartha. Siddhartha is fine about his friend moving on in life, but his friend isn't. I don't know why, but Siddhartha is so down.
Siddhartha is upset now because the Samana has taken his friend as he said.
Quote:
" He has robbed me, yet he has given me something of greater value. He has robbed me of my friend, who believed in me and who now believes in him; he was my shadow and is now Gotoma's shadow. But he has given to me Siddhartha, myself. ( Hesse, 36).
Reaction:
Wow, Siddhartha really came out of his shell. I'm astounded because I never thought that Siddhartha would come out like this. This is the turning point for Siddhartha. Siddhartha is always clam, and diffident. At this point Siddhartha is saying you know what? You have taken my only, or my close friend. I also think that Siddhartha is saying that even though I have lost my close friend, or how he puts it, his shadow, he has the audacity and the capability to find who he is deep down inside himself. I know that there will be a change that will occur due to the lost of Govinda, Siddhartha's shadow. When I read this quote it made me question myself, and I just was in so much suspense, because I wanted to know what was going to happen next. This quote has taught me a lesson, and that is that even though you have lost something or a someone, it could be a car, a close friend, family member, or even a shadow, sometimes you have to look at the situation in a positive way, because sometimes it can bring about a positive change or something good. Who knows, in this book it can bring Siddhartha a friend that is a real friend and not just a shadow.
