Siddhartha Blog

In the book “Siddhartha”, the main character, Siddhartha, is on a journey of enlightenment. Everyone expected him to follow his father’s footsteps and find enlightenment through being a Brahmin, but he noticed his father still hasn’t reached enlightenment over all of his years of being a Brahmin. So Siddhartha decided he was going to leave his family and find enlightenment in some other way. He ended up joining a group called the Samana’s who had a very unique way of doing things. On page 9, Siddhartha tells Govinda “Tomorrow morning, my friend, Siddhartha is going to join the Samana’s. He is going to become a Samana.” This path Siddhartha took reminds me a lot of when I wanted to fit in and find the group of friends that was right for me. Thankfully, around 5^th or 6^th grade I found that group of friends, and I have been sticking with them ever since. Also, I have always seemed to have that one friend who comes with/supports me on my decisions. Just like Govinda is to Siddhartha. (Page 12) “You have come,” said Siddhartha and smiled. “I have come,” said Govinda.” In this story, Govinda goes through a lot just to follow Siddhartha on his path of enlightenment. Because of that, you can tell Govinda is a good person and a loyal best friend, and he supported Siddhartha with everything all the way until they went there separate ways.