Siddhartha Reading Blog Part 4

I connected this chapter, the relationship between Siddhartha and his son, to the movie "We Bought A Zoo". I made this connection, because, Siddhartha's relationship with his son is very similar to the father of we bought a zoo to his son. In "The Son", Siddhartha and his son hardly ever talk. They are in constant deprivation of each others feelings, and Siddhartha feels that he is unable to reach out to him. Especially as a Samana. Vasudeva tries to make him understand that his son has not walked the path of a Samana, and therefore he cannot connect to what his father is feeling. And even though Siddhartha understands this, he is still unable, he refuses, to reach out to his son. 

I "We Bought A Zoo", the son has constant arguments with his father. The son is mad, and the father does not know how to reach him. But, unlike in Siddhartha, the son in the movie draws paintings, and sketches, that are indirectly related to how he feels. The father does not notice this until the climax of the film, which leaves a lot of space in the movie to make us understand that the father and son don't get along. Switching to another school, trying to make new friends, has always been a very difficult challenge for the son, which he never seems to get over. 

I connect the daughter in the movie, to Vasudeva. Because unlike Siddhartha, Vasudeva knows how his son feels, and how to make it better. But Siddhartha, vaguely disregards it, and tries it his own way.    

Well, thats the end of this blog post! Until the next one! Bye!