Siddhartha Part 1 and 2 Answers

Part 1

1)Siddhartha the main protagonist in Hermann Hesse’s book Siddhartha is described as being the perfect child every parent wanted to have. He was born with good looks and brains; everyone knew that he would make a great Brahmin in the future, however it was that expectation and faith that impacted his self worth made Siddhartha into a pompous character that wasn't satisfied with who he was. He had a thirst for knowledge and wanting to reach enlightenment and we can tell that he looked down on his community because none of them-despite their age-had achieved enlightenment. Therefore, he went out on a quest to quench his thirst for the spiritual understanding of himself and the world.

Part 2

7)Leaving home, being a Samana, and meeting Buddha made Siddhartha brought him closer to his goal of enlightenment but in an nontraditional way. After Siddhartha left his home to become a Samana, he wholeheartedly devoted himself into their practice. “He killed his senses, he killed his memory, he slipped from his ego into a thousand different formations.” However, he soon realized that all the exercises and skills he has learned, he can achieve them himself without all the suffering. He then encountered the Buddha, and while he had a chance to become his disciple he chose not to because he and the Buddha had different goals. His goal was to seek knowledge while the Gautama’s goal is “deliverance from suffering.” Interestingly enough, his meeting with the Buddha directed him to his next lifestyle of experiencing materialism with Kamala. These encounters were all part of the footprints left in Siddhartha's trail of finding enlightenment.