Siddhartha Compare/Contrast PIEs

 Suprisingly enough, the book Siddhartha relates to my life very well. In the book, Siddhartha and his dad have a dispute about Siddhartha leaving home and Siddhartha challenges his dads word by standing unmoving saying that he will do whatever it takes to leave. "Then the father realized that Siddhartha could no longer remain with him at home-that he had already left him..."You will go in the forest," he said "and become a samana."(Pg. 12) Siddharthas father ends up giving in to Siddhartha's desire and lets him join the Samanas, showing that Siddharthas challenge worked on his dad. In my life, me and my father have disagreements about things that i feel i am ready to do aswell. For example, recently me and my dad have been talking about buying me a car and he said that i have to get a job before i can get a car, but i have not been looking for a job and challenging my dad because of it. I still do not have a car of my own but the relationship between my life and the book is not about winning the challenge, it is about the challenge itself. Siddhartha and I both challenge our fathers to get what we think we need, this is a huge relation to the book with my own life.