Siddhartha's Journey

Siddhartha Literary Essay
“I can think. I can wait. I can fast.” This quote was said by Siddhartha while on his journey towards enlightenment; which contains numerous complexities and tells about different experiences he had to go through in order to become a better person. Over the course of this story, Siddhartha matures and becomes a much stronger human being. In the beginning, Siddhartha decides he wants more in life. Although he has mastered the knowledge of his religion and practices at an extremely young age, he still feels as though he longs for something more. He goes on a journey to search for enlightenment or wisdom. By the end of the book, Siddhartha finds what he was looking for, in just three stages, and proves that hard work and determination can go a long way.
The first stage of Siddhartha’s journey was the search for enlightenment. During this stage, Siddhartha and his friend Govinda decide that even though the both of them are very intelligent, and skilled, they would still like to have more knowledge. The two of them grew up together and were always close friends, so they decide to go …show more content…
This happens when he finds a river which he trusts holds the complete creation and he quickly becomes very attached to it. Siddhartha believes the river has spoken to him, and then tells his teacher, Vansudeva, what it has said. Although Vansudeva is considered to be an outer source, he does not tell Siddhartha any differently. In fact, he believes that he too has gained some of the same wisdom from the river. Siddhartha is extremely glad he found the river; and decides to help Govinda as the river as helped him. He then guides his friend in finding wisdom by having him kiss his forehead so he can show him about enlightenment. The reason why Govinda never found wisdom on his own is because he was searching for it from only his teachers and external