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=Isabella's Scrapbook =

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 netflix, because it's technically not something I **need**. Technically.

[[image:driddle10h/retro-tv-icon.jpg width="240" height="179" align="right"]]** Beginning of the We [[image:driddle10h/6051627.jpg align="left"]] ek: **
I watch Netflix usually whenever I get home from school, or whenever I'm bored and have some free time. I watch my favorite Tv shows, and occasionally watch a movie. Starting out giving up Netflix wasn't that hard for me. I was actually perfectly fine without it, and didn't really struggle not watching it. I was really busy, so I didn't really have a chance to watch it, even if i wanted to. I thought giving up Netflix would be pretty easy, but I obviously wasn't so right about that.

** Mid-Week: **
My confidence about giving up Netflix for a week, soon was gone. It got a lot harder the next few days, since I had more free time than usual. So I tried occupying myself, so I wouldn't try to give up not watching Netflix. I did all of my homework, and even had time to read. Which is exciting, because I never have time to read.

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= = Yes, I gave up. I'm a teenager who's obsessed with her tv shows, and it's sad. Finally watching Netflix reminded me of this quote, "This sensation that filled him so completely was something that he pondered as he walked slowly along” (20). Even though I wasn't going through what Siddhartha was going through, the sensation to finally watch Netflix, and the excitement, made me really happy. I finally could watch Gossip Girl and Workaholics. But I noticed when I wasn't busy watching Netflix, I was able to finish all my homework, and get stuff done that I usually never have time for. Besides my daily distractions, such as my cellphone and the internet, I also never realized how much time I really spent watching Netflix on a normal basis. "Many things Siddhartha learned from the Samanas" (8) was a quote from the book I could relate to. Even though I didn't learn any life lessons like Siddhartha did, I learned that I need to stop being such a big procrastinator, and actually get my work done **before** I watch Netflix. And hopefully it'll help me more than my favorite tv shows will.
 * Finally, The End: **

= Awakening =

The Quote:
"the world for the first time. The world was beautiful strange and mysterious. Here was blue, here was yellow, here was green, sky and river, woods and mountains, all beautiful, all mysterious and enchanting, and in the midst of it, he, Siddhartha, the awakened one, on the way to himself. All this, all this yellow and blue, river and wood, passed for the first time across Siddhartha's eyes. It was no longer the magic of Mara, it was no more the veil of Maya, it was no longer meaningless and the chance diversities of the appearances of the world, despised by deep-thinking Brahmins, who scorned diversity, who sought unity. River was river, and if the One and Divine in Siddhartha secretly lived in blue and river, it was just the divine art and intention that there should be yellow and blue, there sky and wood -- and here Siddhartha. Meaning and reality were not hidden somewhere behind things, they were in them, in all of them" (39).


 * The Image: **

Analysis:
Siddhartha reached awakening after deciding that he didn't want to follow the path of the Buddha. In the picture, there are all of the colors in the book that Siddhartha described. Yellow, blue, and green. The woods, mountains, and the river are all things that he had described. "the world was beautiful, the world was full of variety, the world was strange and puzzling," (22) this is exactly what I pictured when I read about his awakening, it was enchanting, and magical in a way. I focused mostly on the river and the trees, "sky flowed, and river; forest jutted upward, and mountains" (22), since that's what interested me the most about his awakening. Another quote that stood out to me was, "All this, all this yellow and blue, river and wood, passed for the first time across Siddhartha's eyes." I think this was one of the best quotes describing his awakening. It told me what exactly he saw, and gave me more a feeling as if I was there.

**Name:** **Kamala**[[image:driddle10h/19351473368427974_HoNlSVM1_b.jpg width="170" height="255" align="right"]]

 * Location: The grove of a town**


 * Eyes: Dark brown, with subtle hint of green**


 * Hair: Black, wavy, extremely long. "** high-piled black hair" (28)

Kamala is a gorgeous woman, who is highly respected in her town. She's wealthy, and knows everything about the teachings of love. She has men all over her, wanting to be called hers, but none of them are ever good enough for a woman like Kamala. With her red ruby lips, she has men whipped around her finger, constantly begging for her. She believes, **"**love can be won by begging, it can be bought, received as a gift, found on the street, but It cannot be stolen" (31).
 * About Me:**

In the book, Kamala describes her profession in the book: "Many young men visit me, and there are Brahmans' sons among them too."(30) So yes, Kamala is a prostitute. But her profession is what makes her very wise about love. In our world, I think when a woman becomes a prostitute it usually means the woman doesn't respect her body, or feels she's not good enough, so she has to use her body to make money. But kamala is different. She still respects herself, and knows what she wants in a guy. She has standards.
 * Hobbies/Profession: A prostitute.**

In order to please a woman like Kamala, "must have clothes, handsome clothes, and shoes, good-looking shoes," (30) you need to dress yourself nicely and treat her as if shes a princess. Show her you care, by buying her expensive gifts that she'll love. She's clever and mysterious, so be careful trying to please her, she's tricky.
 * What am I looking for?**

= Samsara = My Daily Life: 1.Attempt to wake up, and get out of bed. 2.Brush my teeth, do hair, and makeup. 3.Get a ride to school. 4.Spend 7 hours in school. 5.Finally home, and have dinner. 6.After finished with my homework, watch TV, have some down time.

Analysis:
My daily routine is usually pretty hectic. I'm constantly moving around, trying to get stuff done, and constantly going places. My day usually starts out with having to drag myself out of bed, literally. I probably hit snooze on my alarm clock about 10 times till I actually end up getting out of bed. Then I rush to the bathroom to get ready, and end up usually missing the bus, so I get rides to school. I sit in school for about 7 hours, usually about to pass out from being so bored. Sometimes, I don't really realize how quickly my day goes by, but suddenly i'm already getting ready for the next day of school to happen. "the years sped by; cushioned by prosperity, Siddhartha barely felt their passing." (40) Like Siddhartha, I notice that time is passing by way too quickly. I try to slow it down sometimes, and not try to be so busy all the time, but I usually can't control that. I just try to treasure the moments I have, and enjoy being a teenager.

Lyrics:
"You told me you loved me Why did you leave me, all alone Now you tell me you need me When you call me, on the phone Girl I refuse, you must have me confused With some other guy Your bridges were burned, and now it's your turn To cry, cry me a river Cry me a river-er Cry me a river Cry me a river-er, yea yea."

Quote from Text:
Is it not true, O friend, the river has many voices, very many voices? Does it have the voice of a king, and of a warrior, and of a bull, and of a night bird, and of a woman in labor, and of a man singing, and a thousand other voices, as well?" (58)

** Analysis: **
Although 'Cry me a River' isn't a very serious song, it has a lot of instruments and sounds, just like the river did. The song talks about how he's sick of this girl that keeps coming back to him who he used to love, but now he doesn't care anymore at all. The connection with Siddhartha and this song, is that he's moving on. He left his family to find enlightenment, and now that he's finally found it, he's happy.

Lyrics:
"Heart and soul Body and mind Heart and soul Body and mind Heart and soul Body and mind Meet me on the river of time (meet me on the river of time) Meet me on the river of time"

Quote from Text:
"But today, of all the secrets of the river, he saw just one, which gripped his soul. He saw: this water flowed and and flowed, it kept on flowing, and yet it was always there; it was always and at times the same and yet new every moment!" (54)

==== **Analysis**: Throughout the book, Siddhartha always is connected to his mind and his body. He's always trying to look at life in a different perspective, trying to determine how to deal with suffering. The quote "Heart and soul, Body and mind," is what interested me about this song. I thought it represented his process of finding himself, always using his body and soul to reevaluate life. The river is significant to reevalulating his life, because it's what lead him to enlightenment.====

Lyrics:
"The river flows, it flows to the sea Wherever that river goes that's where I want to be Flow river flow, let your waters wash down Take me from this road to some other town All he wanted was to be free And that's the way it turned out to be Flow river flow, let your waters wash down Take me from this road to some other town BRIDGE: Flow river flow, past the shady trees Go river go, go to the sea Flow to the sea The river flows, it flows to the sea Wherever it goes that's where I want to be Flow river flow, let your waters wash down Take me from this road to some other town"

Quote from Text:
"..now it is beginning, now Siddhartha is going his way, now his destiny is beginning to germinate.."

** Analysis: **
This reminded me in the beginning of the book when Siddhartha wanted to depart from his family, and discover the world for himself. "Take me from this road to some other town," was the part of the song that made me pick this song to represent his journey. "All he wanted was to be free, And that's the way it turned out to be," also reminded me of his journey. He wanted to be free, discover by himself, and get a different perspective about not only his life; but life itself. The river is what helped him discover this, and how his life changed.