The Ferryman

This chapter relies heavily on the reader's willingness to accept that certain events are destined to happen, regardless of how unlikely they may be. Thus, Siddhartha meets the same ferryman who took him across the river twenty years earlier and Kamala just happens to get bitten by the snake right near where Siddhartha is living. For Siddhartha's journey of self-discovery to be complete, he must "make peace" with the people in his life who were important, such as Kamala. It was therefore important for Hesse to find a way to bring her back into the story.