Siddhartha belongs to the elite Brahman caste. "There was happiness in his father's heart because of his son who was intelligent and thirsty for knowledge; he saw him growing up to be a great learned man, a priest, a prince among the Brahmins" (page 2). He belongs to an extremely wealthy family. He has everything he wants, except his true "desire". He decides to go an an adventure to achieve enlightenment. He decides to pop the bubble that he lives in and search for what he truly wants. Siddhartha feels that something is missing. "He had begun to suspect that his worthy father and his other teachers, the wise Brahmins, had already passed on to him the bulk and best of their wisdom, that they had already poured the sum total of their knowledge into his waiting vessel; and the vessel was not full, his intellect was not satisfied, his soul was not at peace, his heart was not still" (page 3). Jasmine is in the same situation. She is a princess living in the dream palace. She has everything she could ever wish for. One day, she decides to escape the palace and see the world beyond the bubble she lived in. There is a scene where she tells her father that "something in her was missing". Later on, she escapes and meets Aladdin.
Both Siddhartha and Jasmine are part of royalty and decide to pop the bubble and see the world. Many characters in literature share the same characteristics. I am starting to believe that this cases can be seen in real life.
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