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<strong>Work</strong> <strong>alone</strong>.<br />
Hi Kids,<br />
I’m out. I know you’re sick about it. Read the first three chapters of Siddhartha and<br />
answer the questions.<br />
Please answer on a separate paper.<br />
You need not answer in complete sentences, except for those questions that ask you to<br />
paraphrase or explain something. However, complete sentences are helpful where you<br />
think clarity might be an issue. You can sorta tell based on the amount of space provided<br />
for each question whether or not to answer in complete sentences. Number 8 wants a<br />
more thorough answer than number 7. Answer number 8, and similar questions, in<br />
complete sentences.<br />
Turn in your answers to the substitute. You must submit your answers to the sub to get<br />
credit.<br />
Homework remains the same as it is at the website.<br />
Return Siddhartha to the shelf when you’re finished. Do not take it home with you.<br />
Guided reading questions for Siddhartha, Chapters 1-3.<br />
As you read, think about Siddhartha as an epic hero. Does he embody the highest ideals<br />
of his time and place? Is he on a quest? How does he begin his journey—willingly or<br />
unwillingly? Is he descended from or protected by gods? Does he perform superhuman<br />
feats? Does he save or found a city?<br />
Chapter One: The Brahmin’s Son<br />
Brahmin: the highest caste in Indian society<br />
Brahma: the ultimate reality behind all things in the universe. Some believe that other<br />
Hindu gods are part of, or manifestations of Brahma, the one god. According to your text<br />
(556), Brahma is the same as the Atman, or soul, within each person.<br />
1. Dig out your handout from the first week of school that lists components of the hero’s<br />
journey. What is the first step in the journey?<br />
2. p. 4: Describe, briefly, the conflict between Siddhartha and his parents.<br />
3. What aspect(s) of Atman does Siddartha question?
<strong>Work</strong> <strong>alone</strong>.<br />
4. How does Siddhartha define the Self?<br />
5. At the bottom page 7, Siddhartha reflects that one must find the source of Atman<br />
within one’s own Self. Everything else was _________________.<br />
6. Everybody loves Siddhartha; whom does Siddhartha love?<br />
7. On page 5, Govinda is described as Siddhartha’s ________________.<br />
8. List two examples of garden imagery in the description of Siddhartha’s home. How<br />
might this be symbolically significant? Think hard about what gardens traditionally<br />
represent and what this might have to do with Siddhartha’s journey. Look out, as you<br />
read further, for the snake. Literary gardens almost always have snakes.<br />
Chapter 2: With the Samanas<br />
Background info: The Buddha, born Siddhartha Gautama and not to be confused with the<br />
protagonist of the novel you are reading, taught that all human suffering is caused by<br />
desire. The way to escape suffering is to lose one’s desires. The way to lose desires is to<br />
follow the Eightfold Path. This involves cultivating clear thinking and ethical living.*<br />
Observing practices outlined in the Eightfold path leads eventually to enlightenment,<br />
understanding the truth of all things, and Nirvana—escape from the cycle of death and<br />
rebirth.<br />
9. Paraphrase Siddhartha’s reaction to the everyday world (top of 14).
<strong>Work</strong> <strong>alone</strong>.<br />
10. What is Siddhartha’s goal? (14)<br />
11. How does he plan to accomplish this goal?<br />
12. What does Sidd. learn among the Samanas? Answer in your own words in three to<br />
four complete sentences.<br />
13. Why does Siddhartha compare meditation and the other Samana tricks to drinking<br />
alcohol?<br />
14. What does Siddhartha see as the distinction between learning and knowledge? (19)<br />
15. How does Govinda feel about this?<br />
16. What is Sidd’s opinion of learning? (22)<br />
17. In what way has the Buddha served Sidd. and Govinda already? (23)<br />
Chapter 3: Gotama<br />
18. What is Siddhartha’s opinion of Gotama? Consider all of the relevant info. on p. 28.
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19. What does Gotama teach about the nature of life and the world? (29)<br />
20. What happens to Siddhartha at the bottom of p. 29?<br />
21. How does Siddhartha react to Govinda’s decision to follow Gotoma?<br />
22. Note that Govinda takes an oath to the Buddha. He belongs to him now. Given what<br />
you know about Govinda at this point, what is your opinion of all this renouncing?<br />
23. What aspect of the Buddha’s teachings does Siddhartha admire?<br />
24. Paraphrase Gotama’s advice about opinions.<br />
25. What, according to Gotama, is the goal of his teaching?<br />
26. What is NOT the goal of his teaching?<br />
27. On p. 35, Gotama warns Siddartha against too much _________________.<br />
28. Govinda is now Gotama’s ___________.
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