The Role Of River In Siddhartha

River in Siddhartha is not only the river which we see as usual. It is not only the river which water flows in the same direction. Siddhartha comes twice to the river, he has nothing, he wants to change his life. But river itself, all the time, more and more, has awaken him, lightened him to the enlightenment. The first time he goes to the river is when he wants to change his path after his awakening. He wants to get through the river. River is like a wall which separate his old life and his new life. During his journey on the river, the ferryman has said to him “I have learned that from the river too; everything come back.” (Hesse 49). Those words are the foreshadowing of his returning to the river, the ferryman knows he will come back