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=With The Samanas=

The Assignment
I decided to give up chocolate for a week. Including nutella, oh how I love nutella, german chocolate, hershey kisses, oreos, anything containing chocolate. I wanted to see if I could last the week being tempted. Giving up something for a week or even one day can affect us deeply,

=Getting Started= I gave up eating chocolate. I eat chocolate whenever I get a sweet tooth. I will eat anything that contains chocolate whether it's a frapp mocha from Mcdonalds or pancakes. I felt as if " Life Was Pain"(Hesse 14) because I needed chocolate and I felt gloomy.

=Mid-week= The first and second day of giving up chocolate I did not see a change without it, the fourth day I had already replaced chocolate with fruits and vegatables. Last day of giving it up wasn't that bad I thought to myself maybe I could give it up or at least eat chocolate every two weeks. To me "Don't distress your friend with such talk''(Hesse 19). I would start saying weird things to my friend while my self-deprivation. =By the End= By the end I felt good that I could go a week without my favorite sweet. " I will show the old man that I have learned something from him"(23). I learned from my grandparents that one day those things you are tempted to have won't be there all the time, including other things.

= = =Awakening=

The Quote ===In the Awakening Chapter there was a scene where Siddhartha described what his path he was about to walk on looked like. "The world was beautiful, strange, and mysterious'. (39) What I drew below was incorporated with this quote, "blue, yellow, green, sky and river, woods and mountains." (39) As you can see in the picture I have drawn,Siddhartha looks like he is walking on the path to his so called "destiny" I drew him there because of this one quote, "...he moved again and began to walk quickly and impatiently." (42)===

The Image
I drew it like this because of the way it was explained with lots of colors and very well driscriptive scenery. The sun, sky, grass, river, tree, and the path. It was easy to come up with somthing simple and easy,

=Kamala= 


 * Name**: Kamala


 * Location**: The Pleasure Grove


 * Eyes**: Dark Brown


 * Hair**: Black


 * About Me**

**I have nice eyebrows, lips, face, and I have a nice everything. I'm perfect. Siddhartha only likes me for my looks but I know he sees more past my nice looks.**
"beneath heaped-up black hair he saw a bright, very sweet, very clever face, a bright red mouth like a freshly cut fig" (51) **Hobbies / Profession** =Looking for= A man has to be very nicely presentable and have a nice scent in order for him to be taught. "he must have fine clothes and shoes, and plenty of money in his purse and have presents for Kamala" (54)
 * I teach nice clean men the pleasures of love and lots of advice. "to be your friend and to learn the pleasures of love from you" (54)**

=QUOTE FROM SAMSARA=

"He had his own house and servsants and became rich, everyone he passed said hello and liked him.'' (75) and repeat
 * 1) Wake up from comfy bed
 * 2) brush hair and teeth
 * 3) eat cereal
 * 4) walk to bus stop
 * 5) get to school
 * 6) learn
 * 7) have lunch
 * 8) learn
 * 9) get on bus
 * 10) get home and eat dinner
 * 11) brush teeth
 * 12) go to sleep

My comic strip explains my daily life. I get up for school every day, except for weekends, then I brush my teeth and hair. I go downstairs to eat breakfast hmm my favorite cereal is Special K. I take the bus and I get there and follow my usual routine and go to my classes. I say hello to my teachers if I run into them in the halls or something. I get lunch in the cafeteria after I continue learning. At 3:45 I am dismissed from my last class and I get on the bus and head home.

=The River= media type="custom" key="21422032" This song represents when he wakes up from his 'om'..."this Siddhartha was somewhat changed, renewed, he had slept wonderfully and was remarkably awake and happy"(91) I chose this song because for this scene I needed to actually see the scene in my head not just read it. With the song you can actually imagine it in your head. It gives more of ingenious feel.

media type="custom" key="21422100" "I'm there in the water" This one represents when he wants to drown himself.."he had wanted to drown himself in the river: the old, tired, despairing man was already drowned in it. He felt a deep love for the flowing water and decided not to leave it again so quickly."(100) In this scene it's almost as if he wants to create death himself but he is trying to make it peaceful as if he wants the actual river to carry him away forever because he is tired and already old.

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"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 thats the way it turned out to be" This last one represents that he wants to be by the river and to learn from it.."will remain by this river..crossed his way to town..his path and new life will begin from the river."(101) Obviously Siddhartha doesn't ever want to leave the river because that's where it all began for him. His only thoughts of the river were.."Love this river, stay by it, and learn from it" (101) He became free, by finding his own path to follow and it.

Om~ understand

On the night before Korra's 16th birthday she was talking to her parents about leaving and going out to explore the world more closely. She was a mature young girl who was always curious in her own way. She was serious most of the time, her parents never really understood her. Korra was ready to leave home, she wanted to find out who she was and what her goal in life was supposed to be. That was what she told her parents the night before her birthday. They thought she was crazy for saying such ridiculous things, they still treated her like a child when really she was about to be 16 years old. Her mother had told her to go to her room and to think about what she had said to them. Korra prayed that night and wanted god to give her the best life. The next morning, Korra woke up to hear people talking downstairs she gets her slippers and a sweater on from her closet not even bothering to fix her long dark brown hair which was left in a bun since last night. Korra gets downstairs and sees two men and a woman with reading glasses holding a clipboard, as korra approaches her parents to ask what the heck is going on the two men that were standing next to the lady with glasses, walk forward to Korra and grab her by her arms. Korra starts to kick and yell wondering why she is being taken. Glancing back at her parents, her mother is the one to speak up, "Korra this for your own good, please forgive us." Korra was confused 'for my own good' what the heck does that mean? As if reading korra's thoughts the lady with glasses interrupts, " It means, Korra, that you will be sent to a temporary asylum just 45 minutes from here." Korra's tears started to fall from her eyes, she hated her parents. They turned to leave only leaving Korra's parents behind in the house, Korra glanced back again at her parents nodding her head slowly from side to side while crying. She was too small between the two large men, there was no way for escape at the moment. They got into a car that smelled new. Korra was scared she didn't understand any of this, she head never done anything bad. She was a good student at school and was serious went it came to school work. Korra felt as if the world was against her, she didn't understand. It was almost an hour when Korra peered out the window to find that they were driving on a very narrow road which probably led to the Asylum. Her hands began to tremble on her lap, she heard the lady with glasses say that they were there. The driver pulled up in front of the large building, //it looks like prison// Korra thought to herself.Two men who were already waiting outside of the car opened the door to let Korra out. She kept her head down letting her hair fall make a waterfall in front of her face. As they get up to the door, Korra was half dragging herself and mostly letting the two men carry her in. The building looked like a jail with dimmed lights and sluggish feel. They went up two flights up stairs which leads them to the second floor from there they walk down the hall to a room that looks abandoned, the lady with glasses opens the door and directs the two men with Korra into the room. " Why am I here? I don't get it.." Korra says while shaking her head furiously. The lady turns her head around with an evil look at Korra, "It's a shame that your pretty self will rot away in here for the rest of your life." That's when Korra couldn't take it anymore she started hitting the door yelling and screaming, she did that for half an hour then calmed down and lowered herself down onto the hard cold floor. She cried herself to sleep that night with just the sound of other people screaming and banging stuff from downstairs. The next two weeks Korra found it difficult to talk to people, they were all crazy. One day when Korra was eating her lunch in the cafeteria, a girl not much older than her with dirt blondish hair and hazel eyes came to sit down with her. Korra looked at her almost in awe. "What's wrong with you?" The girl asked dumbfounded. It took Korra a little while to say something back, "Er- nothing I-" Korra decided to keep her mouth shut. The girl talked instead, "Well... I'm Christina Leper." "Nice to meet you Christina, I'm Korra, Korra Bluebird." Korra gave her a smile, she had finally found someone to talk too. " Now why are you in here? Did you murder someone or..? Christina was that type of girl who just blurted out what ever came into her mind. Korra was taken aback she waved her hands in front her, "No no no...I really don't know why I'm in here." It was the truth she didn't know why she was in there. "Well I didn't either but look at where I ended up." Christina looks around her trying to emphasize what she had just said. Korra was going to escape even if died trying she wasn't going to stay there. She was going to have to convince Christina into coming with her. Christina had agreed to go with Korra. The next few weeks Korra had been trying to figure out she was going to do it, then it came to her she was going to burn the building down into ashes. She had told her plan to Christina,"Don't you think thats a little extreme, Korra, I mean like killing innocent people so we can escape without burns or scratches." Korra didn't really think about the other people, she was doing them a favor because this was like a jail not a sanctuary she would much rather seem not suffer anymore. Christina understood Korra's point of view of burning down the building. That night Korra had put her plan into action she was going to get a candle from one the roommates room which they always had free time to walk around and go to each others rooms and stuff. Korra had passed one day while on her break and one her roommates from down the hall had a candle that was shipped there for the roommate. Korra walked past to make sure no one was there as if god answering her prayer no one was there. Korra walks in and takes the candle from the desk which sat in the corner next to a bed. Korra makes her way downstairs hiding the candle inside her sweater acting casual. She remembers that one of the men smelled like cigarettes so he must have matches or some sort of lighter. She sees Christina talking to another inmate and striding over to her almost pressing her mouth to Christina's ear, "I need you to get matches from one of the guards, meet me up in my cell when you've gotten it." Korra says almost to hurriedly. Christina looks away and back at Korra nodding. Korra is back in her cell and Christina is not far behind, Christina hands her a box of matches which then Korra pulls out one match and lights up the candle. Christina and Korra both look at each other knowing what will be next. "Christina I need you to wait for me downstairs, make sure no one gets in your way." Christina obeys and runs out the door. Korra then throws the candle underneath the bed with the sheets, the whole bed goes on fire followed by the curtains that also catch on fire. Korra runs out of there yelling fire, she catches up with Christina grabbing onto her hand so they won't get separated, half of the building was already on fire, Christina pointed to an exit that was on the far wall locked up with chains. The fire makes it dissolve away and it manages to open, they both run toward it leaving behind destruction. Korra and Christina stand at the top of a hill looking down at the fire they had caused. Chrsitina looks at Korra who is still looking down at the building on fire, "It had to be done, if we ever wanted to leave that place." "I know." Korra blinks tears away. Christina goes to her side and hugs her not letting go. Then after what seems minutes they hear someone behind them. "I hope I'm not interrupting?" They turn around to see a man dressed in a red and orange robe, the man looks no younger than 55 years. Korra looks at the man as if remembering him from somewhere. He was the one who had told her to follow her own dream or path, she stepped forward to him. She put her palms together near her heart and bowed down to him. She knew this man would lead her the right way even if she had to die to get there and with whatever the old man taught her she would teach her friend Christina Leper..... TO BE CONTINUED...

Works cited by Hesse, Herman. //Siddhartha//. New York: Bantam, 1971.