In the chapter “Samsara” by Herman Heese, Siddharta’s life and focus to find enlightenment is beginning to change, and he finds himself at rock bottom, in his life. Initially, Siddharta is living in a village with wealth; however, he “had lived the life of the world without belonging to it” (Heese 75). Siddharta is discontent, although he has everything such as: “riches, passion, and power” (75). Also, Siddharta doesn’t fit in with the world, because people “were still alien to him” (75). Furthermore, Siddharta has become dissolute, “after the parting from Govinda” (76). Siddharta’s “pride” (76) bought him into loneliness, and sidetracks his objectives to search for enlightenment. Moreover, Siddharta grew bored of the people around him by becoming
