Text Question: Describe how people view Siddhartha. Then, explain why he is dissatisfied with his life.
Siddhartha was a child with many great qualities: he was “apt to learn and so thirsty after knowledge” and he filled his mother with delight “when she saw him taking long strides, saw him sitting down and standing up, [...] [and] greeted her with impeccable manners.” His parents remarked Siddhartha as a strong and handsome man, who “growing within him a great sage and priest, a prince among the Brahmins” would reach his destiny. The Brahmin’s daughters were full of “love stirring within their hearts” and Govinda, the Brahmin’s son loved many aspects of Siddhartha: “the eye of Siddhartha and his sweet voice, his gait and the perfection of
Siddhartha was a child with many great qualities: he was “apt to learn and so thirsty after knowledge” and he filled his mother with delight “when she saw him taking long strides, saw him sitting down and standing up, [...] [and] greeted her with impeccable manners.” His parents remarked Siddhartha as a strong and handsome man, who “growing within him a great sage and priest, a prince among the Brahmins” would reach his destiny. The Brahmin’s daughters were full of “love stirring within their hearts” and Govinda, the Brahmin’s son loved many aspects of Siddhartha: “the eye of Siddhartha and his sweet voice, his gait and the perfection of