Siddhartha's Dream

           In the novel we are reading in class, I find that the chapter Sansara really demonstrates Siddhartha's change of behavior. He becomes selfish and full of greed. He becomes impatient and angry. However, then he has this dream that Kamala had a rare bird in a golden cage and that bird was dead. The bird used to sing and now it became mute.That dead bird caught Siddhartha's eye and he decided to throw away the bird because it was of not valuable anymore. I believe this dream has more depth to it and the bird symbolizes Siddhartha. For example, the bird was rare and so is Siddhartha. Siddhartha is a samana and is unlike many others in the city. In addition, Kamala is the owner of the bird and in a way Kamala is in charge of Siddhartha because she is his teacher and she tells him what to do. Then, the bird's death symbolizes the loss of Siddhartha's control over himself; he turns into someone different and his past living dies. When Siddhartha throws away the bird, it's similar to him throwing away his good soul or past life and becoming more vain and full of evil ways. He shows no value of his life. Overall, I very much liked this chapter and it was easy to comprehend. Please do share and comment if you have any other ideas of the dreams symbolization or your interest/understanding of the chapter.