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= Creegan's Scrapbook =

**With the Samanas**
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 using the website YouTube, because it is counter-productive. I had expected it to be difficult due to often I use the site, but it was actually quite easy.
 * The assignment**

On the first day of the assignment I had been expecting a hard time, I had gotten used to being able to use YouTube after I got home. But at the same time I was hoping that this endeavor would be successful in increasing my productivity.
 * Getting Started**

For the next two days I had been on a camping trip, and returned home early Sunday. During this time I wouldn't have been able to use YouTube even if I wanted to. I had enjoyed the trip and was rather exhausted after the trip. As a result, it wasn't really all that to find something to entertain myself for an extended period of time. The next day was the day before a Red day, therefor I had a very large amount of homework to finish for the classes I have on that day. So there wasn't much time to do anything else anyway.
 * Mid-Week**

When it was nearing the end of the week, I hadn't even realized I would be able to use YouTube again tomorrow until the last day.
 * Nearing the End**

Awakening


"He ascertained that something had left him behind-", "the river", "on the path to himself"

In the chapter "Awakening", Siddhartha had come to realize the world that was around him. He had noticed the natural way that things were and the beauty of the world. The quotes chosen are relevant in that he was on the path to himself. Along his path is a river that Siddhartha had now noticed. Parts of him had been left behind over time.

Kamala

 * Name:** Kamala


 * Location:** The Pleasure Grove


 * Hair:** Black


 * About me: C**lever, knows much of "the joys of love"(31), enjoys eating and life.


 * ​Profession: "**Courtesan"(29)


 * ​Looking for:** Someone with "handsome clothes and good-looking shoes"(30), with a lot of money and will buy me gifts.

Samsara
1) Get up 2) Got to school 3) learn? 4) Eat lunch 5) Continue learning 6) Go home 7) Do homework 8) Play games if there is time

My day follows the same pattern for the morning and early afternoon, but in the late afternoon it can vary. However, only some of the days seem like how "Siddhartha hardly noticed their passing"(75). Because I try to have time to do something productive, which can often make the day more unique.

The River
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 * Song: Zakk Wylde, Black Label Society - In This River**

Lyrics: "I've been around this world, Yet I see no end. All shall fade to black again and again."

Quote from book: "He was full of distaste, full of misery, full of death; there was nothing more in the world that could entice him, gladden him, console him."(46)

Analysis: In the book, Siddhartha had finished his journeys between the two extremes and could no longer find any goals, at this point he wished for nothing but death. In relation the the music video, the singer talks of how he has seen the world but can find no end. This is related to how Siddhartha is feeling because he has seemingly tried everything to reach enlightenment, and yet he is unable to find it. He will be doomed to the same fate of **dying over, and over again**.