Siddhartha's Rotting Soul

      As Siddhartha's soul was rotting away, he was living luxuriously and without trouble. "Siddhartha had learned how to traansact business affairs, to exercise power over people, to amuse himself with women; he had learned to wear fine clothes, to cammand servants, to bathe in sweet-smelling waters." (page 61). He had learned how to become a wealthy man, that had no value on the world. After reading these lines, it had reminded me of the movie Lottery Ticket. Kevin (played by Bow Wow) suddenly wins the lottery and becomes as rich as could be. He spends tons of cash and has no value on anything anymore. Kevin, coming out of the projects, or Siddhartha coming out of the woods and living like a samana, had no values. Yet, they both became overwhelmed in their lives.
     
     Siddhartha then became envious of the average people."And yet he envied them; the more he became more like themm, the more he envied them." (page 62). The world had swallowed him. "-the expressions of discontent, of sickliness, of displeasure, of idleness, of lovelessness." (page 63). Siddhartha had changed. He was no longer that boy in the samanas. He was coldhearted and essentially, he was different. Siddhartha went from the man with no possesions to more than enough.
  
    While reading pages 63-64, Siddharthas actions reminded me of someone, Allen Iverson. Allen Iverson was a very succsesful and very good athlete. A NBA annylist Stephen A. Smith wrote, "Iverson would either drink himself into oblivion or gamble his life away." Siddhartha ruined his life by relying on gambling. Allen Iverson did the same. Iverson has been banned from more than two casino's and is currently playing basketball in Turkey because no NBA team wants him anymore.

     "Then Siddhartha had spent the night at his house with dancers and wine..." (page 65). Even after remembering his nice times with Kamala, he still returned to alcohol as the solution. Then, when the sun rises he goes to a mango tree. He tells himself he is going to die. "Gradually, he collected his thoughts and mentally went through the whole of his life..."(page 67). Some people believe before you die you see your life flash before you. Siddhartha was experiencing this, but without death.

     Later that day Siddhartha had left the mango tree, left all of his friends in the town, and most of all,he left Kamala. Kamaswami was worried for him. But Kamala was glad he had moved on. In the end we learn Kamala was pregnant. Siddhartha being the father.