Siddhartha is a young man on a long quest in search of the ultimate answer to the enigma of a man’s role on this earth. Through his travels, he finds love, friendship, pain, and identity. He finds the true meaning behind them the hard way, but that is the best way to learn them. He starts out by finding friendship with his buddy, Govinda. They have been friends ever since their childhood. There are …showed first 75 words of 722 total…

…showed last 75 words of 722 total…by it, learn from it.’” (82) He learns that you cannot learn from or teach to others, but have to learn from and teach yourself. “Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.” (115) The many symbols in life hasn’t been taught to him, but has only been revealed by him. His journey is only beginning.