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With the Samanas
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 the Week


For the project, I tried to give up coffee for a week. I have it every morning so I knew it was going to be hard. I have been drinking coffee for the last five years and have never not drinken it since. I did not drink it on Friday nor Saturday and got a headache for the entire day and felt tired. "Instructed by the eldest of the Samanas, Siddhartha praticed self denial" (14), this relates to my expierence because it is what the class is trying to do.

Middle of the Week


On Sunday I gave up the assignment and drank coffee. I thought I could have made it farther than this, but could not. I drank coffee againay morning before school also. The author wrote "He fastened fourteen days. He fasted twenty eight days" (13), Siddhartha lasted much longer than I did, more than two days.

End of the Week


On Tuesday I tried the assignment again and was successful. But on Wednesay I gave up again. The assignment was much harder than I originally thought it would be.

=Awakening=

Drawing
When Siddhartha leaves the Buddha, he describes himself leaving the grove, "When Siddharthaleft the grove where Buddha, the perfected one, stayed behind." I represent this quote in the drawing with the two trees showing the end of the grove. I drew the river and the blue sky because of when Siddharta the setting as " Here was blue, herer was yellow, here was green, the sky and the river flowed." I included the mountains because of when Siddhartha describes " The forest and mountains were fixedd in their places."

=Kamala=

She is sweet, clever, a red mouth, artful eyebrows, and dark eyes.
 * Name**: Kamala
 * Location**: The Pleasure Grove (52)
 * Eyes**: Dark Brown
 * Hair**: Chocolate Brown with Caramel Streaks
 * About Me (51, 54)**

**Hobbies / Profession (52, 54, 55)**

 * Kamala's proffesion is being a courtesean.**

She is looking for someone is who is rich and wears nice clothes, "No, he is not yet food enough. He must have clothes, fine clothes, and shoes, fine shoes, and plenty of money in his purse and presents for Kamala." (54). She is also looking for someone with nice eyes =Kamala=
 * Looking For (54, 59, 60)**

Description:
First in my routine, I wake up at 7:00am. I eat breakfast and get ready for school until 8:15 when the bus arrives. I go to school from 9:00am-3:45pm. I get home around 4:30, and from there I do my homework and eat dinner. Afterwards I usaully play guitar or go on my laptop. At 10:00 I go to sleep. =By the River=

Yes, the River knows- The Doors.
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Please believe me
The river told me Very softly Want you to hold me, ooo I'm going, but I need a little time I promised I would drown myself in mystic heated wine

Quote

"I've had to sink down to the most foolish one of all thoughts, to the thought of suicide, in order to be able to experience divine grace"

Explanation:

The quote from the book correlates with the excerpt of the song, because they deal with suicide. Both the singer and Siddthartha go to the same place to decide if they will or not.

Video

Lyrics Oh, you couldn't dam that river And maybe I don't give a damn anyway So you couldn't dam that river And it washed me so far away

Quote Tiredness and hunger had weakened him, and whatever for should he walk on, wherever to, to which goal? No, there were no more goals, there was nothing left but the deep, painful yearning to shake off this whole desolate dream, to spit out this stale wine, to put an end to this miserable and shameful life.

Explanation

Both the singer and Siddhartha use the river as a metaphor. Siddhartha is giving up in a spiritual sense, because he can not find enlightenment. The singer is describing his relationship with someone, and the river is a habit that person can not break. The singer is saying that he should give up on helping the person, and now the singer as been pushed away from the person.

Video

Lyrics I wanna be as big as a mountain I wanna fly as high as the sun I wanna know what the rent's like in heaven I wanna know where the river goes

Quote

=Om=

Siddhartha- Siddhartha finally achieves enlightenment by the end of the book. For him to find it, he goes on a life long journey to search for it. In the end, he discovers that you must find enlightenment within yourself, instead of finding something.

Govinda- Govinda is different from Siddhartha and does not find his enlightenment within himself, but rather from other. He goes throughout the book relying on others on how to achieve enlightment.

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