Death Of The Ego

Siddhartha's goal in life was to achieve enlightenment, and he could not do that as long as he had his ego. While he was a Shramana he realized that his ego was a problem and looked for ways to rid himself of it. Siddhartha thought to much about ridding himself of his ego at first, which didn't actually get rid of his ego. He had to much knowledge to get rid of his ego, there were too many rituals and too many sacred verses in his life. He then realized he had to get rid of the Shramana inside of him. The death of his ego is represented by the death of the song bird in the book. I think this is important because it shows us that we can't be to smart or we'll considered a know it all and that sometimes going through bad things is the only way to truly understand what life is.