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=Max'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 coffee, because it's technically not something I **need**. Technically.

Beginning of week
During the beginning of the week I wasn't that tired but i definately felt the lack of caffeine take a toll. When I got up I missed my warm cup of coffee that used to open my half closed eyes and let me start my day. Coffee was a source of joy and delight in my day "He was asource of joy for everybody, he was a delight for them all" (ch.1 Hermann Hesse). Once I got to school it wasn't so bad but eventually by 3rd block I was starting to doze off. The constant sitting dragged my already fading consciousness to desperatly low levels. At least when I got home I finally woke up for good.

Middle of week
In the middle of the week the loss of my morning coffee started to really show. I kept on telling myself "I will not fall asleep"(ch.1). Like Sidartha I used will power to overcome my tiredness and I pulled through the day. With each coming day life started to become more challenging and simple task increased with difficulty.Soon I started to realize how big of a part coffee played in my life. At this time making it til the end of the week seemed impossible.

End of week
I woke up and felt the most tired I've been in months. Throughout the day I dragged myself from class to class and felt as if I had no energy at all. Eventually I felt like Siddartha when "He had started to feel that the love of his father and the love of his mother, and also the love of his friend Govinda would not bring him joy forever and ever, would not nurse him, feed him or satisfy him."(ch.1). With the thought of the end of my deprivation week coming to an end I managed to pull through. The whole week took great effort and my strong willpower helped me make it through the week.

Awakening
Siddartha reached awakening on his journey back home when he was near the river and forest. The awakening for Siddartha was his realization that life is as it is and there is no trickery of dieties shrouding his vision. He realized that the trees are trees, the rivers are rivers and the mountains are mountains. Siddartha's eyes were opened to the world and he could see everything for what it is: "Siddartha opened his eyes and looked around him."(pg.22)



Kamala
About me:Kamala is a rich courtesan who lives in a grove. She is very beautiful and is highly regarded. She is very skilled at her proffession and makes a lot of money through it. Kamala is a "gold digger" but is very nice and grants Siddartha a parting kiss. Looking for:Kamala is looking for a nice rich man. This man has to be well clothed and have a lot of money. This man must have a secure fortune. If you would like to woo Kamala you would need to get a job and make a fortune first. Kamala is a difficult women to woo and requires great effort to do so. Hobbies:Kamala likes doing what she does best and that is her proffesion of being a courtesan. Kamala also enjoys making money. Kamala also likes being at the edge of town and talking to samanas. Physical features:"Under black hair, which made to tower high on her head, he saw a very fair, very delicate, cracked fig, eyebrows which were well tended and painted in a high arch, smart and watchful dark eyes, a clear, tall neck rising from a green and golden garment, resting fair hands, long and thin, with wide golden bracelets over the wrists."(pg.28) Location:Grove of Kamala.

Samsara
"for a long time he retained much of what he had learned from the samanas, from Gotama, from his father the brahman:a moderate way of life"(41). Every morning I start my day with waking up and getting ready for school. After that I fly to school in my private helicopter over a flowing river. When I arrive at school I study hard, pay attention and wait until lunch comes. At lunch I eat my food like a hungry hippo from our childhood game that we hold so dear. After my nutritious public school lunch I return to my academic pursuits and calmy wait until it is time to depart from our educational facility. At the end of the day I return home on my private helicopter. At night I get ready for bed and dream about being a were-terrorist. media type="custom" key="21312410"

By the River
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"It's been a long old trouble long old troublesome road." "I said I was wandering. And it is true: I am wandering."(pg.50)

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"You've been acting awfully tough lately, smoking a lot of cigarettes lately, but inside you're just a little baby." "But today he was young, he was a child, this new Siddartha, and he was full of joy."(pg.54)

Summary: In modern and old music there is a lot of relations to certain topics in litterature. These are three examples that correlate with quotes from the book. Siddartha tries to find himself and is always finding that nothing he tries is himself my first quote states that he doesn't know who he is. My second quote shows that Siddartha has been on a long and troublesome journey that has many changes. My third quote describes that while Siddartha is trying to find himself he realizes that inside he is just a little child.

OM
12 poems for each chapter

The sun of the Brahman 1.Siddartha leaves, as his mother grieves, to find himself, through rags and wealth.

With the samanas 2.Siddartha fasts, as the seasons pass, soon he decides, to leave like the tides.

Gotama 3.Here walks Gotama, peaceful like a samana, nothing he hides, from those he guides.

Awakening 4.Siddartha realizes, this world holds all the prizes, from the first time we cry, to the day that we die.

Kamala 5.Siddartha quests for love, his match from above, he looks for a girl, who will set his heart in a whirl.

With the child people 6."he was shown into a wealthy home"(34). with no where to call his own, a merchant gladly took him in, introduces him to a world of sin.

Samsara 7.Siddartha hated being lazy, this life drove him crazy, he found his life incomplete, he found it was time to move his feet.

By the river 8.He found himself by the river, up his spine went a shiver, he knew he had to find his way, uninfluenced by what they say.

The ferryman 9.Back on the docks, while vasudeva talks, it's been awhile, I see you've come in style.

The son 10."listen to yourself"(64). to deliver the boy from wealth, he takes him into town, to break the curse of the crown.

Om 11.He reaches enlightenment, his former self is only a fragment, "this flame would not go out by itself"(70). to survive in sickness and health.

Govinda 12. he sees his old friend, close to the very end, though life will never extend, who we are is around the bend.