Andrea Donggilio

Siddhartha

1. Herman Hessen the author of the book was born in Germany the 2 of July of
1877, a curios fact is that when he was alive he wasn’t really know around
the world but when he died his stories about the oriental world expand in all
the world making him famous in the occidental hemisphere also he receive
the novel price if literature in 1946 for his trajectory, he used to live in
Germany with his family and then they move to Switzerland, his books are
famous because most of them are about to find your destiny, he had wrote
a lot of book such as knulp, Gertrude, hours in the garden, Narcissus and
Goldmund and Siddhartha, this are the most famous books he have; he died
in august 9 196 because of a stroke in his brain when he was sleeping
2. Siddhartha is the son of a Brahmin who questions this stile of live because
he doesn’t fell it so he decide to go away home and follow the shamans and
theirs style of live with the company of his best friend govinda they spend 3
years with them but Siddhartha didn’t fell this was his life to so they go to
see the Buda to have a talk to him but Siddhartha fell that wasn’t his life
either so he go but govinda stay to learn from the Buddha, Siddhartha
continues his way to find himself and he passes by a city in which he knew a
beautiful girl named kamala so he decided that she will be his teacher in the
love arts, he speaks with her about his diesair and she accept to be his
teacher, she show Siddhartha the banal things sucha as the money and job
but this change Siddhartha way of live so he left the city and continues his
travel to find himself; he found his friend govinda and have a chat with him,
Siddhartha explain the changes of his live and govinda give him some
advices and leave him again; he was in his way until he gets to the ferry
man a guy he knew a long time ago so he decide to follow him as his master
3. Kamala is a woman who works as an easy girl, she is really pretty and have
a nice house in which she receive her clients, in that house she have a
strange bird in a jail. She is a strong woman who haven’t feel love for
anybody or at list that what she want people to believe.
Govinda: is Siddhartha s best friend, he chose to follow the enlighten one,
he always gives advices to Siddhartha and they grew up together; now he is
a monk and he is teaching all over the world the teaches of the Buda