Siddhartha Chapter Summaries

Chapter one,” The Brahmin’s Son” the book starts in ancient india following a man siddhartha and his best friend govinda. They both belong to a elite brahman castle. siddhartha is the golden boy of his community, even though he follows the religion and meditates he still seeks enlightenment. Siddhartha tells his father about a new career path he wants to follow but his father gets upset at the idea of him being a samana,his father gives in and gives him permission to follow the path he wants. chapter two “With the Samanas” Siddhartha and Govinda find some samana’s and join them.Siddhartha starts by giving away his clothes and fasting; eating only once a day when he is not fasting.Siddhartha doesn’t think he’s getting anywhere with the samanas;

Chapter four “Awakening” Siddhartha leaves and walks alone to learn from himself at that moment he sees the world real and beautiful not an illusion.for the first time Siddhartha starts to see the world on his terms and that is his awakening.Siddhartha decides to make a new quest for enlightenment at that moment he realized that he is alone he left his father, he left the samanas, and he left Govinda he was alone.
Chapter five “Kamala” Siddhartha is still appreciating his surroundings but he seeks experiences, he comes to a river and befriends the ferryman. The ferryman takes him across the river where he meets a woman washing clothing, she invites him to have sex but he gets cold feet and leave. Siddhartha comes to a beautiful town where he see a gorgeous woman with a lot servants, they make eye contact and she enters a grove where he wants to follow but he realizes that he still looks like a samana. He figures out her name is Kamala and then he has a goal so he bathes, shaves and oils his hair. SIddhartha finds Kamala and asks her if she will teach him the art of sex she finds this ridiculous that a man looking how he did would ask her for this. Kamala tells Siddharth to get a job, lots of money, some