Role Of Teachers In Siddhartha

In the novel “Siddhartha”, Siddhartha has a lot teachers that help him with the problem he has. He had 3 important teachers that helped him the most. They were the Samanas, Kamala, and the ferryman Vasudeva. He had other teachers, but these were the most important ones to lead him on the path that he wanted.
One of Siddhartha’s first teachers were the Samanas, the Samanas were wandering ascetics, they were in search of pureness. They were highly respected by the kings and all the commoners. The Samanas taught Siddhartha to give all his clothes and all his possessions away. In the chapter it says, “Siddhartha gave his clothes to a poor Brahmin on the road and only retained his loincloth and earth-colored unstitched cloak.”(13) “He only ate
She taught him that him that he doesn’t need to have a lot of nice things and a nice home. When they met Kamala says to Siddhartha, “ No, he is not yet good enough. He must have clothes, fine clothes, and shoes, fine shoes, and plenty of money in his purse and presents for Kamala”(54). This is saying before he is taught anything from Kamala he must have the right things to learn. He learns to get those things he must do what he has learned. After Kamala kisses him and sends him away he goes back into the town and goes to an inn where visitors quietly begged for food. Then he tells himself that he does not need food and that he was no longer a Samana, he thought that he should not have to beg anymore. “Everything was difficult, irksome and finally hopeless when I was a samana. Now everything is easy, as easy as the instruction in kissing which Kamala gives. I require clothes and money, that is all(58). This is talking about how he will not have to beg for anything now and that he only need clothes and money and how those are easy
Vasudeva was the ferryman that would transport people that needed to get across the river if they needed to, but Siddhartha also learns that the river teaches people things. When Siddhartha gets to the ferryman and the ferryman agrees to take him across. Siddhartha is complementing the river and then the ferryman says, “Oh, you would soon lose our taste for t. It is not for people in fine clothes”(102). Siddhartha was getting tired of being judged in his clothes. He says, “ I have already been judged by my clothes today and regarded with suspicion. Will you accept these clothes from me, which I find a nuisance”(103). He wants to trade his clothes because he doesn't want to be judged anymore and he was no money to pay the ferryman. The ferryman thinks Siddhartha is joking, but he is not. Siddhartha still wants some type of clothing so he seeks to find out if he can have some old clothes and be his