Ch. 1-4 Analysis

In chapters 1-4 starts off by talking about the Eightfold Path that guide to Nirvana. Siddhartha is a Brahmin. Everyone knows that he wil be great because he mastered all the rituals and things needed to know about his religion at a very early age. He does not feel comfortable that his father and all the other Brahmins have learnes the ritual trhough the holy books, and he feels that they have not reached enlightenment. He then decides that he will follow Samanas that were going throught their city because he says he cant live in this way anymore. He thinks that if he follows them he will learn more than from them. His father does not approve of him going with the Samanas but eventually gives in and let him go. His father asks him to return home and teach him what he learned.