Siddhartha's Motif of Knowledge

In the book there are many recurring images and or symbols, otherwise known s motifs. Things such as knowledge, games, and even things like birds. I choose to focus on the motif of Knowledge. There are more than three recurrences of knowledge but i will focus on three of them. The first one is,"There was happiness in his fathers heart because of his son who was intelligent and thirsty for knowledge; he saw growing up to be a great learned man"(4) This motif of Knowledge meant different things than all of the other recurrences. This motif described Siddhartha's life at face value and not what he felt, this was just the surface of his life in total. However i think the author used this motif to put an emphasis on the next appearance of knowledge on page,(5)"Brahmins have already passed on to him the bulk of their best wisdom, that hey had already poured the sum of their total knowledge into his waiting vessel". This time the author used this motif to illustrate how siddhartha really felt not the inside of himself as a whole. he was dissatisfied with his life which lead him to his journey later on tin the book. This explores a theme of expectations and satisfaction. One of the last appearances of knowledge is," I felt Knowledge and unity of the world circulate in me like my own blood"(96) This last motif of knowledge describes the earnings of siddhartha and he is able to see his progress towards enlightenment. The author choose to utilize this motif at this instant because the motif would bring a separation between siddhartha and govinda. The motif is the reason why the two split and the two met each other for the first time in a long time. This motif shows all of siddhartha's journeys and all of his experiences and what he feels from these. This allows for me to better understand what siddhartha is after, he is after knowledge and he has a drive for more and enough to separate himself from the world.