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In this part of the book, Siddartha starts as part of a rich, powerful family. He wants to reach Nirvana, but he notices he won't be able to reach it with his current life. He leaves his father and goes to live and learn from the Samanas. After a while he notices that he won´t be able to reach Nirvana with the Samanas either. He goes to the Buddha and notices that the only way he will be able to reach Nirvana is by himself. I can connect this book to a movie called Go Figure. In this movie, Katelin wants to be a professional ice skater. When she has the opportunity to train with a professional coach she takes it and trains really hard to go to the Olympics.
In this part of the book, Siddartha starts as part of a rich, powerful family. He wants to reach Nirvana, but he notices he won't be able to reach it with his current life. He leaves his father and goes to live and learn from the Samanas. After a while he notices that he won´t be able to reach Nirvana with the Samanas either. He goes to the Buddha and notices that the only way he will be able to reach Nirvana is by himself. I can connect this book to a movie called Go Figure. In this movie, Katelin wants to be a professional ice skater. When she has the opportunity to train with a professional coach she takes it and trains really hard to go to the Olympics.
In the movie, Katlin wants to change her ice skating coach since she thinks it’s time to
move on and improve. Siddhartha’s goal in life is to reach Nirvana, but he feels
that he will never reach his goal with they Samanas or his father. None of the
people he knows has reached Nirvana, so he feels that they won´t help him reach it either. "Siddhartha had begun to feel the seeds of discontent within him.
He had begun to feel that the love of his father and mother, and also the love
of Govinda, would not always make him happy, give him peace, satisfy and
suffice him." (Page 3). Here he notices that he has to begin his journey
to find a new teacher. In the movie,
Katelin, the main character wants to go to the Olympics but she knows that with
her current coaches she will never make it. When she gets the opportunity to
work with Natasha, a professional Russian coach, she works really hard to get
to the Olympics. Siddhartha and Katelin both have to sacrifice a lot of things
to reach their goal, and they leave their teachers, families, and friends to begin a
journey and a new life. The difference between them is that Siddhartha
ends up continuing his journey alone. He doesn´t stay with the Buddha; Siddhartha
believes he will do better alone. He finds his inner self and decides he will teach
himself. “But he has given to me Siddhartha, myself." (page 29). In Go
Figure, Katelin does stay with the Russian coach, but also discovers that figure
skating and having the best coach is not the only thing that matters in her
life. Both characters learn an important lesson that will help them in the rest of their journey.
