I think that Siddhartha's understanding of semblance is a
point at which he has arrived throughout his narrative's experiences. I don't think
that there is "one" particular experience that indicates this to him. Rather, I think
that it is something that comes to him over the course of what he experiences and the
knowledge that he absorbs as a result of such experiences. This understanding of
semblance is something that arises out of the idea of the meaningless of life and the
search for understanding and meaning within it. Throughout Siddhartha's experiences,
reality in both personal and external conceptions had been endured to this search for
meaning. It took him the full understanding of these entities to grasp how he, as a
human being, is part of something larger and that what exists in front of him is part of
this configuration, as well. This notion of semblance is what enables Siddhartha to
cease looking for meaning outside of the world and rather see himself as part of it,
within which meaning is evident if one understands its true nature. This was not a
conclusion arrived at by one single event. In trying to isolate one event, I think that
one moves away from the idea of semblance that Siddhartha accepts at the
end.
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