How I Feel About Siddhartha

I feel that Siddhartha could be a very good character, with his ability to meditate and connect with the gods and his very mature personality he has the potential to be a very good person who could teach others and learn a lot from others. But instead of him being good he's kind of ignorant and selfish. I understand how he wants to try to find his inner self and get away from the lazy, selfish, brahim ancestors but there is another way of doing so. He doesnt have to run from it, he can learn from it and change his and others ways of doing things. When he joins samanas he learns a lot about transfering his soul to others and learning to concentrate hard on "trying to not be hungry" or , "when he's thirsty, he'll try to wait until he's not thirsty" but if he really wants to find his inner self he needs to use what he has been given by god which are the graces of being good looking, his ability to connect to the gods, his meditation skills, and his good friendship he could be a very significant figure in his society and contribute his many gifts but instead he tries to starve himself and give away his soul to other beings. He needs a kick in the head to get his wheels back on the road.