Siddhartha Section 2

Many important events happen during the second section of the book. Govinda stays behind after they visit the man who claims to be Buddha, leaving Siddhartha all to himself in his search to conquer the Self. He exchanges words with the Buddha, leaves the Samana's and arrives at a town where he meets a beautiful young woman named Kamala. Siddhartha appears to have fallen in love with her and drastically changes his ideals and ways of thinking after a day of having met. Kamala allows Siddhartha to enter her grove, where they talk and exchange a kiss after Siddhartha makes up a poem for her. However even though the poor skinny man was interesting and unlike others she had ever met, that was simply not enough. Siddhartha must first have fine clothes, fine shoes, and plenty of money to be enough for her. He blindly accepts and the next day he makes radical changes concerning his physical appearance. This makes me wonder, will Siddhartha divert from his path to conquer the Self? How could he have fallen in love with someone as superstitious as Kamala? Will he figure out soon enough that the teacher he has chosen will not bring satisfaction to his Self? After all everything Siddhartha has accomplished in three years of hunger, with no belonging could be lost.