I can Think

Aim: Debate wether or not Siddhartha is a hero.
Read Now: Siddhartha can be described as a hero because he's been changing through out the story. First he was miserable in a not wealthy nor healthy way. Now, he's powerful and rich. He had a bad perspective of rich people, but when he was miserable all he dreamed about was being wealthy and having a good life. Siddhartha is finding his Self between all his adventures and experiences. Siddhartha is now achieving good qualities by his own and recognizing himself. He's achieving what he once wanted.
At the end of chapter By the River, Siddhartha was willing to leave the old Siddhartha and starting a "new Siddhartha". He was considered happy now, young. Wanting to start since the beginning.

Debate if Siddhartha is a hero or not
Points:
Siddhartha is not a hero because heros need to be more unique and if your point is that Siddhartha has done things beyond himself, then Buddha, Govinda and Vaseduva are heros.
For example Govinda left Siddhartha for his own benefit, that's doing something for him self and thinking beyond him, so Govinda then will be considered a hero and heros are supposed to be unique. 

Fading Away for Any Good?

As the years go by, Siddhartha starts getting more and more wealth. He's now full of valuable things he never had before. He becomes replaced by more material-like qualities. He grows greedy, troubled by everyday problems, and unhappy. He feels trapped by pleasure, pain, and a sense of self-hatred. Before all this richness he thought that rich people were, " discontent, of sickliness, of displeasure, of idleness, of lovelessness." But, "Slowly the soul sickness of the rich crept over him."
Siddhartha reached this point of richness and discontrol, that his Samana qualities start to fade. He starts gambling and showing-off his wealth that it "finally trapped him." 
Why would someone want to have lots of wealth when he or she won't even recognize himself? Will Siddhartha wake up? Why is Siddhartha being so bipolar in the case that sometimes he thinks that what he's doing is bad, by hating himself, but he still loves his new wealth and "new life"?

I interpret this photo as the money being Siddhartha's wealth, and the key being his key to life. I think in Siddhartha's situation he needs something to chose. If he can't be a good person with wealth, I would prefer he keeps his normal Samana life. He's not having a healthy life because of a wealthy life. 

Chapter 7, Samsara

Responding to The Editors

Dear Editors,

In response to Sophia Noel's article: "Surviving ADHD", Sophia is a senior diagnosed with ADHD, when she was a wee young gal. She described all her troubles about dealing with this disorder. "Through out the years I have struggled emotionally, physically, and academically because of my disability." Sophia tells us how her disability was first notice and diagnosed. When she had five years old she told her mom that some trees were talking to her: "They are telling me to hurt lots and lots of people." Her mother "froze", they tested her on several "neural disorders". Then, she was diagnosed with ADHD. Though she struggled a lot through her school years, "I went from a C/B student in middle school and early high school to a straight A (with an occasional B) student in 11th and 12th grade."

I like how Sophia develops her memoir. She develops it briefly with out giving us every single detail, which makes it a more easy and fluent reading. Sophia also describes how she felt because of her disability, this really made me get into her thoughts and situation, which is really good for a reader to develop such thing. Lovely ending, I'm glad she "survived ADHD."

Finding The One in Love

Amongst The People, the first chapter of part two is based on Siddhartha finding a girl he's starting to like. Kamala is trying to make Siddhartha a well round person by trying to find him a job, clothes and food. Siddhartha starts to get a good life around this girl; Kamala. Siddhartha is really getting into Kamala, while Kamala is only trying to show Siddhartha good paths and how to take his own knowledge further. 
I don't really understand what Siddhartha wants now. He's giving all his effort and interests for a girl. Why would he do something like that when all he wanted was reaching Nirvana? 
After all, Siddhartha still has his thoughts of a Samana. Siddhartha sees people from other perspective, he won't empathize much with others. That's what he find in common with Kamala. 
"Kamala looked at him and smiled. "You are talking about him again,"she said. "Again you have Samana Thoughts.""
They are both different to normal people that's why Siddhartha really likes her. 
"I am like you. You cannot love either, otherwise how could you practice love as an art? Perhaps people like us cannot love. Ordinary people can- that is their secret."
With this saying I got a little confused, if Siddhartha "cannot love" then, what is he feeling towards Kamala? Is it just another companion for him?

I liked this chapter because it's a cool story of finding someone really similar to you. Haven't you had that one person you really understand with? Someone you never knew? 
What will happen to Siddhartha in the next chapters and his rebel thoughts and "love"?

Comparing to a Hero

In the last few chapters of Siddhartha, I notice how Siddhartha is really trying to be himself and finding the one thing he likes. I can relate Siddhartha in this moment to Eric in the Little Mermaid. Eric is a very wealthy kid, a prince. He falls in love of a "random" girl which everyone thinks is not the same "class" or social level as Eric. Eric has always been behind the guards and his royalty life. He has never done something by himself neither for him. He meets the little mermaid, and starts doing what he wants, the real Eric. He dresses casual, does adventurous things and all because of his new companion. Siddhartha finds this new girl he really likes and starts doing things for her, but it's also on his favor. Kamala, His new companion of Love, does positive things to Siddhartha; getting him a job based on all his knowledge. Little Mermaid, shows Eric the real world and the real him. These two heros, are showing the way to find Self. 

Starting New

Siddhartha is starting a new life in this chapter: Kamala. I like how Siddhartha is willing to create his new path by living and thinking only what his thoughts and mind tells him to do. He's not following neither Govinda or any other God. Siddhartha is disposed to continue a road by himself. 
Was Siddhartha, himself, hidden? Maybe Siddhartha didn't believe in him at first. Maybe it's because Self is an issue, being yourself is a conflict with society, dealing with others. 
Siddhartha meets Ferryman, a man he compares to his companion Govinda. Ferryman teaches Siddhartha how to see life by listening to a river. He, who starts a new path, is learning by senses. He is forming a new future with Kamala. Kamala, a women with love and sensuality might bring something new, an experience to Siddhartha's life. 
"You have been lucky..."
I agree with what Kamala because Siddhartha has been really lucky by not getting anything bad or wrong