Siddhartha Transformation

Siddhartha written by Herman Hesse is a novel about a young man’s life journey on how to find and obtain “Nirvana.” He experiences many new environments and surroundings that heavily influence the path he chooses to take along his religious journey. Siddhartha goes through many different changes, all of them enabling him to fit in and be accepted by the cultural and physical surroundings. These changes ultimately shape him to be the person he is at the end of his life, the one where he is at peace.
Siddhartha goes through many transitions before he realizes what he’s meant to do. One of the first, and more significant changes, he goes through is experiencing a life that which he has always been taught to avoid. Siddhartha has just decided that he no longer wishes to be a Samana, and makes his way to the city where he finds a young woman named Kamala. Siddhartha first gets a glimpse of Kamala and is about to find her, when he is stopped by the glances that the people of the town give him. These people see him as a beggar, a Samana, and look at him with disdain, suspicion, and rejection. He then realizes that if he is to be accepted by the
When he finds her, she recognizes him, and notices that he has in fact changed his appearance. Siddhartha then tells Kamala what led him to her, how he was once a Brahmin’s son, a Samana, and, now, he is on a new path. Siddhartha also confesses that he has never truly looked a beautiful woman, that he always lowers his eyes. But, because of Kamala, he changes this mindset, this moral, and says he will no longer do that. This confession is what leads him to lead a life in the city as a businessman and a partner to Kamala. Ultimately, these surrounds led him to be unhappy stuck in the constant monotony of Samsara. This life of “the ordinary people” makes Siddhartha feel like he has no true purpose, and eventually breaks away from it to, once again, seek a