usually assigning things less worth than does his master. Vasudeva is the elderly old ferryman of the river. He is described as an extraordinary listener with a knack for speaking of whatever is on Siddhartha's mind, and what Siddhartha knows to be truth. Vasudeva helps Siddhartha become attuned to the voices of the river, which are the source of his enlightenment.
             The novel is told in an omniscient third person point of view. It can be inferred that a narrator who refers to the characters as "he", "she", or "they" tells the story in third person view. We see the story through Siddhartha's eyes and are omniscient to his thou
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