This quote makes me feel like something was about to change in the book because whenever a character is lonely, then they desire to have someone besides them as for Siddhartha he had nothing to do, nothing to practice, all except meditation and fasting which would get boring. Also since this was also the time when I thought that their is s symbolism in the river because after he felt as if he was lonely he went to the river and met the ferryman who did not take anything from him, just his friendship. This shows that there is some connection between Siddhartha's loneliness, the river, and the man. This quote also helped me understand on how he was able to make the decision he made in Part 2 of the book, because after he got the dream his character …show more content…
Also the problem with him is that he wants results, but he wants them really quickly so he does not have to wait for them, like in the end of the chapter when he was not getting any results after meditating and fasting for years he decided to try something new, which shows that he is a very impatient kind of character. I concluded that because whenever there is a problem with his life, he decides to start/try something new. In addition this also compares the life of Siddhartha to everyone's life, because before this quote he said how everyone has a group of people they could go to and have connection with, as they speak the same language, do the same things, but he has no one. He also went as far as describing the animals in the forest and each animal had someone who they could be with, like the two sheep, the apes, the fish in the water, and more. To me this shows like he was missing home, and wanted to have someone he could talk so, especially Govinda, since he was the one person who was always with him during his bad and good