Nice Technique!

There was one thing that really caught my attention in the first ten pages of Siddhartha: his dad's patience . When I insist and plead for their permission they already lose their patience and just start saying "If you keep on insisting it's going to get worse". If I start giving them reasons for why I deserve to have permission like Siddhartha did, "Siddhartha has always obeyed his father"(p8) they would just ignore me. They'd pretend they're too busy to listen to me being stubborn.
I haven't tried standing there until they get bored of seeing me and hope they give me a yes:

"Siddhartha," he said, "why are you waiting?"

"You know why"

"Will you go on standing and waiting until it is day, noon, evening?"

"I will stand and wait."

(p8)

Siddhartha's father noticed how much his son wanted to become a Samana and was surprised with his persistence. Maybe, I can try that next time... I'll just stand in front of my parents and follow them around to see if my persistence is enough for them to consider saying yes.

I hope that Siddhartha finally finds his "Self" in this adventurous and disciplined journey of becoming a Samana. I hope he doesn't come back with a "vessel that is not full" (p3)