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= Taylor Borchardt's Scrapbook = =With the Semanas=

The Assignment
To get a feeling for how the Samanas, Indian ascetics that are found in the novel // Siddhartha //, try to reach enlightenment, we gave up something we enjoy for a week. I chose to give up junk good or desserts, because it's technically not something I ** need **. Technically.

Getting Started


So this week I made the decision to give up junk food for my log. Since junk food or dessert is pretty much a daily thing I wasn’t expecting this to be easy. Especially with how unhealthy the school lunches. I was hoping like I would feel just how Siddhartha said he “no longer felt” (Hesse, Pg 8) by the end of the week. My first two days were Saturday and Sunday, so I was home all the time, surrounded by junk food. On Saturday I had no junk food at all. I didn’t feel like it was too hard, but it was doable. On Sunday I went to Church, and way overdid it on the sugar in my coffee. I also sat in the way back and snaked on candy with my friend during the service. It wasn’t that I slipped up I just totally forgot that I was giving this up. My first two days could have been better, but they also could have been a lot worse.

Mid-week


By the middle of the week I felt “numbed for a while” (page 10) just like Siddhartha must have felt after withdrawing from the things his life revolved around. Not that my life revolves around junk food or anything, but in America it can seem hard to avoid at times. On day three I sort of slipped since I forgot to make myself a healthier, and was forced to buy an unhealthy lunch. By day four (Tuesday), although I was struggling I resisted the urge to eat any junk. I wasn’t sure if I would be able to go the rest of the week without junk. I felt like I was “suffering from thirst” (page 10) just as Siddhartha said.

By the End
I honestly didn't think I would do as good as I did for most of the week. I didn't think I would have taken it this far. On Wednesday I did fairly good except for the cookie I had after diner. On Thursday I didn't think I would be able to do it at all, but I didn't eat any junkfood. Overall it was a fairly productive week, minus a few slips. If I ever have to do this again, I most likely won't want to, but I would surely be able to manage it.

= Awakening =

The Image
After leaving the Samanas, and the Buddha, Siddhartha begins to experience an awakening. He describes himself after the awakening as "more himself than before" He also felt "as if he were seeing the world for the first time"

Analysis
My picture is of Siddhartha standing in a sad, bland, and boring world. He is looking into a mirror of himself in the exact same place, except it is colourful and happy. My picture depicts him looking, and realizing that the world is actually a wonderful place. In the story he says "The world was beautiful and colourful; the world was strange and mysterious!" This is his awakening, and he begins to feel "more himself than before" He also seems to feel "as if he were seeing the world for the first time"

= Kamala = Name:Kamala

Location: The Pleasure Grove (52)

Eyes:Brown

Hair:Dark brown

About me: Kamala lives a very lavish lifestyle. She only works for rich and fancy men. She spends her days in the pleasure grove. She is very beautiful, and many men are drawn to her.

Hobbies/Profession: Kamala is a high class prostitute in the city. She only works for wealthy men. She teaches Siddhartha love.

Looking for: Kamala has a very high standard. She doesn't let just anyone visit her. When Siddhartha comes to her she tells him that he needs to come back to her with "clothes, handsome clothes, and shoes, good-looking shoes, and a lot of money" she also says that he needs to have "gifts for Kamala"

= Samsara =

My Daily Life
1. Get up 2. Go to school 3. Go home 4.Do homework 5. Eat dinner 6.Free time 7. Go to bed

Analysis
My comic strip shows me in my everyday routine, on a week day. Typically I get up at about 7 and go to school. After school is over I come home (box three) and do my homework. By the time I'm about halfway done with my homework (8 o'clockish) we eat dinner. Since I couldn't do any more slides I didn't add the fact that after I eat I go finish my homework. Once I am done with my homework I hang out and do whatever I want for a while. This typically consists of activities such as listening to music or watching t.v. Once I do all of these things I am finally ready to retire for the day. Again, I left out a lot of the extra little things I do, because they change from day to day. Sometimes I feel like I do the same things so much that time seems to go by a lot faster than it used to. I have noticed that the years go by a little faster each year and just like "Siddhartha barely felt their passing." I hardly feel them pass.

The River
media type="youtube" key="mVDyzPnCqdk" height="315" width="560" Lyrics: rivers go winding blindly Back to the stone Quote from text: "he saw the river going downward, too, moving constantantly downstream, but singing merrily as it went." Analysis: This song is by Passenger, and I have liked it for a while now. When I heard that we needed songs that had to do with rivers, this is the first song that came to mind. Both of my quotes from the song and the book can relate a lot. The song says "rivers go winding blindly back to the stone" and the book says "he saw the river going downward, too, moving constantly downstream, but singing merrily as it went." Both of these pasages are explaining that the river is constantly moving forward and never stopping.

media type="youtube" key="cvYadad-x5Y" height="315" width="420" Lyrics: "As I went down in the river to pray, studying about that good old day" Quote from text: "The river taught me how to listen, and you will learn that from it, too." Pg 56 Analysis: This song is called "Down to the River to Pray" and it is by Allison Krauss.I found this song from the movie O Brother Where Art Thou. This is probably the second song that came to mind when I was trying to think about songs having to do with rivers.I think that the two lines I chose can relate a lot if you look into them. The book qoute says "The river taughte me how to listen, and you will learn that from it, too." and the song quote says "As I went down to the river to pray, studying about that good old day." Well, first of all they both have to do with rivers. The other thing that is similar about them is that they both have do with learning, whether it is at the river or from the river. media type="youtube" key="4z3WECm0lkU" height="315" width="420" Lyrics: "What I love most about rivers is you can't step in the same river twice. The water's always changing always flowing." Quote from text: "it was always and at all times the same and yet new every moment!" Analysis: This song is called "Just Around the Riverbend", and it's in the movie Pocahontas. I absolutely love this song, and the whole movie for that matter! I think that these lyrics can be compared to a lot of the quotes from the book about rivers. I felt like it went along with this quote in particular though. It says "it was always and at all times the same, and yet new every moment!" while the song quote says "What I love most about rivers is you can't step in the same river twice. The water's always changing always flowing." Both of these quotes are explaining that the river is always the same, always different, and you can't step in the same one twice, even if it is technically the same river.