There are many lessons that could be learned from the book Siddhartha. One of the most influential is losing you friend. “He has robbed me, yet he has given me something of greater value. He has robbed me of my friend, who believed in me and now who believes in him, he was my shadow and now Gotama’s shadow.” (36, 1-4) This quote shows that he was a good friend with Govinda. Siddhartha felt lost when he lost his friend to the Gotama. After a wile he gets over it and moved on to find his own path to enlightenment. This would be like if a friend moved away you would be sad at first and then you would get over the loss and move on. This is like when my neighbor moved away. we had been friends since birth. I was really good friends with her and was sad when she moved away. I got over it and made new friends that next school year.
