Siddhartha And Govinda In Hermann Hesse's By The River

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Siddhartha and Govinda. were childhood friends and when they were younger Govinda did not really know his way. However in the chapter “By the River” both of them went through different changes. Govinda learned the ways of the monks and was always traveling. Siddhartha tells Govinda that, “I have learned as little as you. I am on the way” (Hermann Hesse pg 76). What we can infer from this quote is that Siddhartha despite going through many catastrophic events in his life understands that his journey of enlightenment is quite incomplete. I don’t think Govinda has necessarily any philosophy of life because he is still a follower and cannot really think for himself like his friend Siddhartha is capable of doing. Siddhartha was wearing the clothes
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