during the last chapters of the book Sidhartha, he grows extremely. he grows from being a prideful young boy running away from his father to a wise ferryman. he forgets everything he once knew among the child people but then he learns it all plus more from the river. this is also where he meets his mentor. he learns how to listen to the world and be one with it. he learns the unity of all things, and how to be. he eventually reaches enlightenment. after a long life of many trials he truly learns the way of the world.
when Sidhartha is an older man he makes the same mistake his father made, but he makes and even worse mistake. when his son is given to him and is under his care, he gives him everything, just as his father had done for him, that is, except for freedom. when Sidhartha was a young boy he wanted to go off and learn on his own what the world was and what the world meant, but because his father loved him so much he was resistant to letting him go. his father did come to realize that it was best to let him go though. when Sidhartha has his son though, he can't let go, and the son has to run away to get away. he doesn't realize that he put his son in the same trap he was once in. it takes a long time and a painful journey for Sidhartha to realize this, and learn to love his son so much he's willing to let him go, because he never learned that lesson when he was a boy.
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