Transformation of Siddhartha
The main character Siddhartha goes through a series of
transformations in his long journey in this novel. Siddhartha was
born wealthy and is very handsome. Siddhartha leaves his comfortable
home with his companion Govinda in search of enlightenment. Because
he was born into privilege and wealth Siddhartha believed he could
achieve enlightenment through poverty and pain. Siddhartha believes
he can find a state of happiness and serenity through a long and
arduous path. Siddhartha is often arrogant with other characters and
people he meets in his journey. He looks down upon the prostitutes
and merchants when he is with the group of wanderers. Halfway
through the book Siddhartha decides to gain world experience with a
beautiful woman and becomes a merchant obsessed with materialism. It
is ironic that earlier in the book he looked down on this class of
people. By the end of the book he runs away from his possessions
once again to become a ferryman's apprentice. But but but but
Siddhartha finally learns what true enlightenment is from a river.
Siddhartha learned at the end that nothing that he is done in his
life has been wasted. Siddhartha grew as a person from everything he
went through. Siddhartha finally finds peace and understanding from
a simple ferryboat man, and from the timeless river flowing
endlessly. The book ends with Siddhartha, smiling a radiant smile of
true enlightenment.
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