Buddha's life

The paradox introduced at Siddhartha's birth was the most intriguing of the whole ordeal to me. Siddhartha's father was told that his son would either be a religious leader, or a world leader. In trying to guide his son to the path of the world leader, it's very possible that Siddhartha's father drove him to the path of religion. There are also some consistencies in the story, such as how Siddhartha was fully enlightened at birth, yet is completely ignorant 20 years later, but the most interesting question posed by the story is whether death changes life. MY answer is absolutely - but it's just unknown in what way. For me, the very existence of death is what makes life worth something. for Siddhartha, death makes life meaningless.