Siddhartha began his journey to find Enlightenment with the Samanas. The Samanas spend their days …show more content…
Siddhartha can now feel the weight of his actions and his losses because of his wonderful teachers: he feels for his father because now he is one, he can live free of loss because Kamala felt similar loss, and he learns the ability to love someone enough to let go through both Govinda and Kamala. Each teacher had taught him a lesson that would progress him towards his next journey. This novel is so much more than just a story about how to reach Enlightenment; it is an explanation of how to be happy. Siddhartha’s journey shows readers that it is acceptable to have a dream and to want to achieve it, but it is the people we meet along the way that make the journey