Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Siddhartha's Recap
Siddhartha looks back on his life. How he began as a child, worshiping the gods. As a young man he became a shramana and learned how to think wait and fast. Later he leaves with the wisdom of Gotama the Buddha and indulges in pleasuring himself. He feels as if he had gone from child, to man, and back to child again. Feeling the lowest of all lows he tries to kill himself by drowning himself in the river. As he is sinking into the bottom of the rushing river he hears OM, which snaps him out of his depressed state and he finds that his songbird is not dead. This signifies that Siddhartha is ready to start a new life again because he can still hear his inner voice and OM. Siddhartha recaps his previous lives. How he acted during them, who he met and what he did. He reflected the things that he learned. Siddhartha realizes that he had to become a child again, to restart, in order to reach the goal that has been the drive behind all of his actions.
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I liked that you described the scene when he realizes his songbird is not dead. Instead of just saying something simple you went into detail.
ReplyDeleteThis is relly good. It doesnt sound like a kid wrote it, it sounds great. You make good conecttions from the book.
ReplyDeleteI think it is good how you start it. it is very direct yet meaningfull.It sort of gets what needs to be said, said quickly and that is good.It sounds like you put alot of thought into it.
ReplyDeleteI liked the way you summed it up simply but I think you could of gone into a little bit more detail about his previous life’s and how he had acted, instead of just saying he thought about how he acted. I really like how you explain that he does not kill himself because he heard Om. I also like how you explain that he realizes the song bird is not dead inside him. This is a very good explanation but I think you could of gone into a little more detail on parts.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was really good and it helped me understand everything better. I thought you could have gone into a little more detail in some parts like the word OM saves him. I liked how you included the songbird part in it. i thought you did a really good job of explaining it, you did a good job of making it concise and meaningful.
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