Chapter 10, 11, and 12

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

THE SON  Chapter 10 (129 -138)

1.   Why does Siddhartha apologize?

2.   How did the ferryman respond to Siddhartha’s
      questions?

3.   Why did the boy remind him of Kamala?

4.   Why and how is Siddhartha suffering?

5.   How does his parenting compare with his father’s
      parenting?

6.   How does young Siddhartha compare with Siddhartha

      as a youth?

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

OM   Chapter 11 (129 -138)

1. How did the son feel when Siddhartha
   greeted him as his son?

2. How did Siddhartha treat his son?

3. Why does the boy feel uncomfortable with Siddhartha?

4.  Why did Vasudeva pull Siddhartha aside?

5.  How is Siddhartha as a father? (Explain.)

6.  Why is the boy so challenging to Siddhartha?

7.  Why is parenting so painful for Siddhartha?

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

GOVINDA Chapter 12 (139-152)

1.   Why does Govinda not recognize Siddhartha?

2. What does Govinda ask Siddhartha to tell
    him about?

3. How are seeking and finding a goal so different?

4. Why does Govinda have difficulty understanding
   what Siddhartha says to him?

5. How are Siddhartha’s thoughts and knowledge
   different from Govinda’s doctrines?

6. “We suffer the illusion that time is real. Time is
    not real, Govinda, I have realized this
    repeatedly.”  Try to explain what Siddhartha
    means by this, on page 143.

7. How does what Siddhartha says to Govinda
   relate to you as a young adult about to
   establish your independence?

8. What does Siddhartha’s discussion about the
   stone really mean?

9. Why does Siddhartha distrust words so much?
   (148-149)
10.Why is Govinda’s meeting with Siddhartha
    of such great importance to him? (148-149)

 

Chapters 8 and 9

 

  

   Chapter 8   (87-100)

 By The River

1. Why does Siddhartha want to kill himself, and how
does he plan on doing it? 

2. What is the tone and mood of this section?

3. What sound does Siddhartha hear?  How does he react to it?

4. How is Siddhartha different when he wakes up?  Who is sitting with him?

5. What does Siddhartha start lecturing about to this person. ?
6. Why is Siddhartha so happy. What does hew realize?

The Ferryman  Chapter 9 (100-115)

          1.Why is Siddhartha so impressed with

             Vasudeva’s listening?

          2.How has Vasudeva become a wise man?

          3.Why does Vasudeva consider the river holy?

4.How are Siddhartha the boy, the young

   man, and the mature man separated? 

5.How do ferrymen learn so much?

Chapter 8

By the River
Write five how and why questions about this chapter.

Chapter 7 (75-85)

 Samsara
 Chapter 7 (pages 75-85)

samsara means: ______________________________

1. Why did people like Siddhartha?

2. What had he learned from his father, the Brahmins, and the Samanas, that remained with Siddhartha?

3. What are the new things he learned?

4. Why does he envy people's childishness?

5. Interprete Siddhartha's dreams.

6. Why is he so filled with misery? (81)

7. Why does he release Kamala's songbird?

8. Why is he dissatisfied with his power and wealth?

9. What does he realize about his relationship with Kamala?

   

Chapter 6 (63-73)

 Amongst The People

 Chapter 6 (pages 63-73)

 >How do Kamala and
    Kamaswami influence
    and change Siddhartha?

 1. Describe the first conversation
     Siddhartha has with Kamaswamni. (p.63-
     65) 

 2. How does Siddhartha convince

     Kamaswami to hire him?

 3. Why do or don’t you think

     Kamaswami should follow the

     advice given to him by his friend

     about his business?

4. Why did Siddhartha’s sympathies

     not  lie with the business. Where

     did they lie and why?    

5. How does Siddhartha's relationship

     with Kamala develop and why

     do they regard one another as

     being similar?

Chapter 5 (pages 45-61)

 Kamala
    1. Why do or don’t you agree with what the

    ferryman says can be learned from the river? (p.49)

2. Why do you think Siddhartha says, “All whom I meet on the way are like Govinda?”
*3. What do you think Siddhartha's dream is
    telling him?  page_____?

4. Why do you think Siddhartha does not act on his impulses and what does he does do instead? (p.50)

5. How does  Siddhartha go about changing his appearance? page(s)_____?

6. Why does he do this?

7. How are dream and reality mixed in this chapter? (p.50)

8. What advice doe Siddhartha ask Kamala for, and why does he ask for it? page_____?

9. Why is the poem Siddhartha compose of such importance? (p.56)

10. Why  is Siddhartha compared to a child? (p.57)

11.Why does Siddhartha feel he is a Samana no longer?page____?

12. Why is Kamaswami of importance to Siddhartha, and how is advised to act toward him?  page____?

13.What surprises Kamala about Siddhartha’s transformation? page____?

14.Why does Siddhartha think he is so successful?

15.Why does Kamala think Siddhartha is so successful?page_____?

Chapter 4

pages 37-42

 The Awakening

1. What will Siddhartha no longer do?

2.Why does Siddhartha start walking towards his parents home?

3. Why does he change directons?

4. Why does Siddhartha not know anything about himself?