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=Sharon's Self-Realization Scrapbook=

=With the Samanas=

The Assigment
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 __#|Welch's Grape Juice__, because it's something that i drink everyday but i don't exactly need it.

The Begining
The first few days of giving up grape juice was suprising easy for me. I craved it a little but it was a feeling that i thought i could overcome. Much like me, Siddhartha was feeling kind of the same way "had one single goal-to become empty, to become empty of thirst"(Hesse 14). Except Siddhartha and I had different reasons for doing what we did; he wanted to reach enlightenment and i did it for the __#|assignment__ and to challenge myself.

The Middle
Another thing Siddhartha and i had in common was the pain we had going through our sacrifices. "Through hunger, thirst, and fatigue"(15) The part pertaining to me was the thirst part. I wasn't actually thirsty, I didn't want water, i wanted grape juice.

The End
SIddhartha and i both __#|questioned__ our sacrifices throughout the journey, and thought it wasnt worth it. "Or perhaps are we going in circles"(18), throughout my journey i ended up not having a willpower and giving up. So I basically ended how i began, still drinking grape juice; i felt as if i were going in circles

Awakening
Siddhartha reached awakening after leaving home and eventually leaving his best friend and his __#|teacher__. To him, awakening looked like "Here was blue, here was yellow, here was green," (Hesse 39) I chose to draw a yellow sun, blue sky, forests, and green trees and grass because of this quote. "sky and river, woods and mountains"(39). I drew the sky, a river, and mountains because of this quote. "Siddhartha, the awakened one"(39). To symbolize this quote i put an eye in the center of the sun. == =__Kamala__= ==
 * Name**: Kamala
 * Location**: The Pleasure Grove (52)
 * Eyes**: Dark Brown


 * Hair**: Chocolate Brown with Caramel Streaks
 * About Me (51, 54)** I have a bright, very clear face and a "bright red mouth like a freshly cut figs; artful eyebrows painted in a high arch, dark eyes, clever and observant"(Hesse 51).

**Hobbies / Profession (52, 54, 55)**
I am a well-known courtesan and own a grove and house in town. I enjoy lounging around on, mostly on a "couch"(54) and being lazy. " Siddhartha to follow him, conducted him silently into a pavilion, where Kamala lay on a couch, and left him"

**Looking For (54, 59, 60)**
I am __#|looking for__ a rich man who can take care of me. I need him to provide me with nice things and also to present himself in an acceptable way. He needs "fine clothes, and shoes, fine shoes and plenty of money in his purse and __#|presents__ for Kamala"(54). =My Daily Life=

//Write down a list of things you do every day or every week. What are __#|your__ routines? What does a day in your life look like? What do you get caught up in day to day that may keep you from realizing the "meaning of life" or reaching enlightenment? Remember, you will need at least 6 frames for your comic - so you will need at least 6 "routines." You can write them here://

1.First I wake up 2.Then I get dressed and ready for school 3.I go to school 4.I go home and eat dinner 5. I watch some television 6. I go to sleep

Quote From Siddhartha
// Find ONE quote describing a day in the life of Siddhartha. What does he do? What routines does he follow? The following pages have some quotes you may wish to use - check them out. Then, put your quote here: // "People liked him; they came to him if they wanted money or advice."(Hesse 75) =Analysis= After you have your routines and your comic strips, explain your comic strip here. Compare your life and routines to those of Siddhartha. Do you think your routines have a positive or negative effect on your life? You can write that here:

Every weekday morning i wake up "tired"(Hesse 76) and instantly wish i had gone to bed earlier the night before. I get up and get ready for school; getting ready for school consists of brushing my teeth, doing my make-up, and picking out an outfit. After that i am on my way to school. School feels like it lasts forever to me! Somehow I manage to get through the school day and manage to forget what i "had learned"(77) that day. I then go home and eat my weight in whatever snacks i can find leading up to dinner. After that, i watch a couple of hours of t.v. to relax me. When i'm done with that, i do my homework and go "to sleep"(76)later than i promised myself i would.

=// The Rivermedia type="youtube" key="nAB4vOkL6cE" width="425" height="350" //=

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 * Song:** "The River" by Bruce Springsteen
 * Lyrics: "**Now those memories come back to haunt me, they haunt me like a curse. Is a dream a lie if it don't come true?"
 * Quote from the text:** "All he knew was that he had left his earlier life behind; he knew that, filled with disgust and misery, he had even wanted to throw away his life, but that he had regained consciousness by a river, under a coconut palm, the sacred word om on his lips; he had fallen asleep, and now, awake again, he was looking at the world like a new person." (48)
 * Analysis:** I felt like this quote and song were perfect for this project. When Siddhartha was living with his parents at home he feltlike his life had no meaning. He felt like he wasnt really living at all. He wanted more meaninig to his life. He set out into the world to find what he was looking for, even if he didnt know what it was. When Siddhartha finally does find what he is looking for, he ends up being disgusted with his past.
 * Song:** "The River" by Good Charlotte
 * Lyrics: "** In the city was a sinner. I've done a lot of things wrong but I swear I'm a believer. Like the prodigal son, I was out on my own. Now I'm trying to find my way back home. Baptized in the river. I'm delivered, I'm delivered."
 * Quote from the text:** "Siddhartha, that willful, strange man; and yet this Siddhartha was transformed, and he was renewed, he was remarkably rested, remarkable awake, joyful and inquisitive." (48)
 * Analysis:** This quote reminds me a lot of Siddhartha. He was searching and searching and couldnt seem to find what he was looking for. But it seems like when he found the river, everything came into place. He felt anew and refreshed, like everything he had been through was suddenly worth it. Once he got to the river he realized all the wrong he had done and loved the fact that that feeling was over.

media type="youtube" key="l8ApMkSHwd8" width="425" height="350" After a long time of searching, Sidddartha finally found the River he had been satisfied. Siddhartha loved the feeling of the river and really didnt want to let it go, he didnt want a mere couple of hours, he wanted the feeling forever.Siddhartha made certain sacrifices to make sure that he can hang on to this feeling.
 * Song:** "The River" by Scotty McCreery
 * Lyrics:** "So don't you sit upon the shoreline and say you're satisfied. Choose to chance the rapids and dare to dance that tide"
 * Quote from the text:** "In this river Sihhartha had wanted to drown; in it the old, tired, despairing Siddhartha had drowned that day. But the new Siddhartha felt a profound love for that flowing water, and resolved in his mind to not leave it behind for quite some time." (54)
 * Analysis:**