Many people today and in history are expected to follow the steps of their parents; having the same occupation as their father, grandfather, and so on. This action is commonly seen with father and son relationships; the eldest son takes over the family business, this has happened throughout history. In Hermann Hesse’s novel Siddhartha the same action is expected but, but like many people, Siddhartha wants to follow his own path and make his own decisions. There are many people who, like Siddhartha, want to find their own meaning and believe in their own beliefs. Siddhartha is hungry for knowledge and does not believe his teachers have taught him anything new. Craving more knowledge and understanding, Siddhartha is constantly moving from one belief system to another , finally realizing the truth, his truth.Siddhartha knows there is more to life, a meaning, he just does not know the answers or where they may be located. Wanting to attain as much knowledge as possible Siddhartha asked to leave his father, he new his teachers were well educated and he had learned much but he knew there was more. “He had begun to suspect that his worthy father and his other teachers, the wise Brahmins, had already passed on to him the bulk and best of their wisdom” (5) he knew it was time to move on, to obtain knowledge elsewhere. He had been a Samana and had learned many useful tools, he had learned to conquer himself, and to become another being in flesh. The Samana teachings did not quench his thirst. “ It does not appear to me, my friend. What I have so far learned from the Samanas, I could have learned more quickly and easily in every inn in a prostitute’s quarter, amongst the carriers and dice players” (16). His need for knowledge allowed him to move from one place to another, after leaving the Samanas he went I search for the Buddha. Seeking, wanting knowledge more than ever, Siddhartha goes from one belief system to another hoping to learn more. “I suffer thirst, Govinda, and...