lieved in, a sense of isolation came over him as he realized he was alone.Along his way, Siddhartha meets a ferryman by a river. He allows Siddhartha to stay in his hut and says that one day Siddhartha will repay him because all things come back. He also tells Siddhartha that much can be learned from the river. Continuing on, Siddhartha comes to a village. On its outskirts is an unfenced grove in which he saw a very beautiful woman, Kamala. He greeted her but, embarrassed by his appearance, he puts off formally introducing himself until the next day when he can get a haircut. When he introduces himself to her he asks her to be his teacher in love. She tells him that he needs to get fines shoes, fines clothes, and money to buy her gifts. Kamala asks him if he has any talents. Siddhartha tells her that he can fast, think, and wait. To Kamala, these are useless, but soon she learns that he can read and write and then helps to get him a job. Over time, working for Kamaswami, he becomes more and more like the child people in the village. Siddhartha grows more attached to Kamala, as she is the focus of his life. He became very used to the pleasures of life and eventually grew completely separated from his old life as a Samana. When he realized that this way of life is causing him pain, he had a dream of Kamalas songbird flying free. He leaves immediately without saying goodbye, and unknowingly left Kamala with his unborn son.Siddhartha came back to the river that the ferryman had helped him cross many years before. He is full of misery and despair and thoughts of suicide came to him. He fell into a deep and long sleep. Then as he looked at his reflection in the river he said the sacred Om. When he awoke he felt that he had shed his old life and had again begun anew. Rising up, he saw a monk on the bank of the river asleep. Looking closer at the monk he recognizes him as his old friend Govinda. The two of them talk f...
