He No Longer Saw the Face of His Friend Siddhartha

In my missing spiral, I chose to add in a scene after this phrase in the last chapter of the book, “He no longer saw the face of his friend Siddhartha. Instead he saw other faces, many faces, along series, a continuous stream of faces... (Hesse 150).” I decided that I wanted to go into depth about the faces that Govinda saw in Siddhartha. Most of the faces focus on a specific chapter of the book, the last two faces are combined the last chapters combined. To emulate Hesse’s style, I used the act of repetition when beginning the description of each new face. I also tried to end each paragraph with a phrase that would allude to the fact that Siddhartha had moved on to a new face. I also noticed how Hesse often writes in sentences as groups of three. I did this is my Missing Spiral by listing out many things in groups of three.

I first began with the face of the Brahmin, where Siddhartha begins his journey, a holy man who is discontent over the repetition of his actions. I then say that the forest calls him. This causes the face to morph. The face of the Samana is the second face I describe, with his hollow cheeks and showing ribs. The