Compare And Contrast Siddhartha And Sidhartha

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In conclusion when I started a new chapter in my life at Saint Edwards I knew that I was starting on a new path in my life, and Siddhartha in the same way knew that when he left the kamaswami lifestyle he was starting on a new path in his life that would change him forever. Both Siddhartha and I knew that by leaving our past lives we where beginning on a new path in our lives and starting a chapter in our lives that would forever change us both for the better. When Siddhartha leaves he starts to look deeper into himself and I in the same way looked deeper into myself when I left Sungrove. Both Siddhartha and I knew that by leaving everything we knew in the past behind we would find a deeper sense of self and a deeper meaning to our lives, even

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