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?

SIDDHARTHA Chapters 1, 2, and 3

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

Chapter 1

 The Brahmin's Son

Vocabulary:   Brahmin 

                     Atman

                     insatiable

                     ablutions

                     Upanishads 

                     Rig Veda 
>Why does Siddhartha no longer want to be a Brahmin?
1. Why is Siddhartha dissatisfied?

2. Why does Siddhartha want to join the Samanas?

3. How does he obtain his fathers permission to do so?

4. Why does Govinda want to go with Siddhartha?

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Chapter 2  (pages 13-24)  

 With the Samanas   

>What are the characteristics of a Samana’s behavior and outlook on life?

1.   How does Siddhartha’s new life as a Samana differ   from his existence as a Brahmin in Chapter One?

2.   What does Siddhartha learn from the Samanas?

3.   What does Siddhartha hope to achieve by being among the Samanas? 

4.   Why do the Samanas deny themselves?

5.   Why is Siddhartha afraid he and Govinda may be going in circles?

6.   Where does Govinda, his friend, want Siddhartha to go with him? Why?

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Chapter 3 (pages 25-36) 

 Gotama

> Why does Siddhartha not accept the teachings of Gotama Buddha?

1. How did Siddhartha recognize and find Gotama Buddha? 
2. How is Govinda affected by hearing Gotama’s teachings?

3. Why do Gotama and his followers wear yellow garments?

4. Why does Siddhartha seek out Gotama to speak with him?

5. What does Siddhartha learn from his conversation with Gotama?

ELLEN FOSTER TEST

1. How does the time Ellen spends working on her grandmother's field with black workers alter (change) her view on racism? Why does she say she could pass for a "colored person?"
2. Why does Ellen admire Mavis's and Starletta's families? What about them does she admire?
3. How does Ellen's friendship with Starletta change over the course of the two years the novel takes place? How is this shown?
4. How does Ellen reveal she is wise beyond her age? How does she change and mature as a person throughout the course of the novel?
5. Why is Ellen so glad that she does not believe in Santa Claus? How does this act as an indicator of her maturity? How and why is this sad?
6. Why is Ellen's Grandmother so cruel to her? How does this make Ellen question herself? What prompts her to accuse Ellen of killing her mother?
7.Why does Ellen blame herself for her mother's death? What reason does she give for not wanting her grandmother to die?
8. How is Ellen affected by her relationship with her grandmother? How does her stay there change Ellen, and what does it reveal about her character?

OVER SPRING BREAK

Take out your handout of Ellen Foster(Chapters 10-15)

1. Continue reading where you left off.

2. Highlight or underline or write in the margins of the text, when you come across what you consider to be important.

3. Write at least five (5) “HOW” or “WHY” questions about each chapter.

4. Answer these questions. If you cannot answer questions you have written, they are either faulty or you need to reread the chapter.

5. Email me your work, or hand in your work to me the day you come back, otherwise I do not know you have done it.

CHAPTER 10 ESSAY

Answer these questions as an essay:
1. How and why have Ellen's living conditions changed? 
2.What did Ellen expect; what did she get?
3.How does Ellen benefit from her mama's mama's cruelty?
4.What does Ellen learn and and how does she change?
5. Why and how does Ellen's relatioship with her grandma then change?

Chapter 8 Questions

1. Why is Ellen staying with her art teacher?
2. Why do Ellen, Julia, and Roy use chicken shit in the yard?
3. What would they do every Sunday?
4. Why does Ellen say what she says about her father?
5. What was Sterletta's reaction to the presents Ellen gave to her?

UPON FINISHING THE NOVEL

1. How does Ellen's time spent working on her grandmother's field with black workers alter her view on racism? Why does she say she could pass for a "colored person?"
2. Why does Ellen admire Mavis's and Starletta's families?
3. How does Ellen's friendship with Starletta change over the course of the two years the novel takes place? How is this shown?
4. How does Ellen reveal she is wise beyond her age? How does she mature throughout the course of the novel?
5. Why is Ellen so glad that she does not believe in Santa Claus? How does this act as an indicator of her maturity? How and why is this sad?
6. Why is Ellen's Grandmother so cruel to her? How does this make Ellen question herself? What prompts her to accuse Ellen of killing her mother?
7.Why does Ellen blame herself for her mother's death? What reason does she give for not wanting her grandmother to die?
8. How is Ellen affected by her relationship with her grandmother? How does her stay there change Ellen, and what does it reveal about her character?

Please Punctuate This Sentence

Mr Balgley rushed to get to his car before a sanitation truck blocked his street he tripped on the sidewalk as he ran he fell into an iron tree guard he suffered head trauma profuse bleeding a deep laceration above his eye he also was wounded with severe ambrasions to his nose and brow he was driven to the emergency room on NY Hospital with his wife he was treated by three doctors he left the hospital four hours later he went to a plastic surgeon who sewed his laceration closed he looked as frightening as a monster he tried to get bed rest and the following he day was obliged to start jury duty

Hi I'm Back

How does Ellen survive?

People in the Novel

1. Go through chapters 1-7 of  Ellen Foster, and jot down the names of all the characters and the animal Ellen tells us about, both past and present. 
2. Once you have done this, write at least one sentence to describe that person.
3. Now look through the novel once more and find lines you can quote from the novel to support your descriptions. Write them down, with the page number they appear on.
4. Now review what you have written for "2" then write more about what you think of the people in Ellen's life.
5. Consider Ellen's judgements about them as well.
        Have a nice weekend.

Chapter 7 Questions

1.Why did Ellen sleep with her coat on in Starletta's house? (Ana)
2.Why does Ellen like Aunt Betsy house? (John)
3.What does Ellen Aunt Betsy tell her on Sunday? Why?(Shaquan)
4.Why does Ellen not give her teacher a number to call?(Unique)

Chapter 6 Questions

1.Why was Ellen's father outside while his friends were in his house sleeping? (Ana)
2.Why does Ellen not eat at Starletta's house? (Unique)
3. How is Starletta's mother exploited by white women? (Balgley)
4.Why does Ellen read so much at home? (Unique)
5.How does Ellen feel about her father and his friends inside the house? (Farid)
6.Why does Ellen hide from her father and his friends? (Farid)
7.What did Ellen tell Starletta before playing with her? (Dianeldis)
8. Why did Ellen stay in her house when she heard her father arrive? (Ana) 
9. Why does Ellen have to tell her father, "I am Ellen?" (Balgley)
10. Why does Missa Bill not know Ellen's age? (Balgley)
11.Why is Ellen's window covered with ice, i.e., frozen? (Balgley)
11. Why did Ellen leave the house? (Taleyia)
12. Why can't Ellen dress in her mother's clothes any more?

Ellen Deals With Winter

CHAPTER 5 Questions

     1. How does Ellen dress for school? Why?

2. Why does Ellen’s father have Rudolph and Ellis come to see him?

3. What does Ellen learn from playing with the catalog?

4. How does Ellen manage by herself?

5. What’s Ellen’s life like now that her mama’s dead?

6. How does Ellen adjust to the cold weather?

7. How does Ellen prepare for Christmas?

8. Why do you think she wanted the Girl Scout badges more than she needed to be honest?

9. How does Ellen spend Christmas day?

10.Describe Starletta’s home.
     (This is from Ellen’s point of view.)

Seeing, Understanding, and Evaluating ELLEN

Look at Ellen Foster as a character from these perspectives: 
a. as her mother's child
b. as her father's child 
c. as a neice, cousin, and granddaughter
d. as a friend 
e. as a student 
f. as she sees herself.

Ellen Foster: a character being developed

Good to see you guys.
GRAMMATICAL MINUTE: Write these two sentences into your notebook. Now provide them with punctuation marks and correct them as required.

1. Everyone watched the news everyone felt a floating anxiety everyone questioned the safety of nuclear plants in the usa
                                                                 2. My brother is working on a multimedia presentation about the following jazz artists Fats Waller Art Tatum Miles Davis and John Coltrane  
> How has Ellen been characterized by the author, Kaye Gibbons? (Chapters 1,2,3, and 4)
       1. Make statements about Ellen based on what you have read so far.
        2. What words describe her character?
        3. Back these statements or adjectives up with specific examples from the novel.
        4. Use quotations from the text to support your thoughts.
        5. Turn this into a two page essay.

ELLEN FOSTER'S LIFE

GRAMMATICAL MINUTE: Write these sentences into your notebook. Carefully read them, now give them the punctuation marks they require.
1.It was no surprise she got an A in English she was always in class on time she always took class notes she always participated in class discussion she always carefully did her writing assignments she always handed them in on time

2. You can expect to do well the teacher said if you regularly come to class participate in lessons and do your written assignments
> Why and how is Ellen Foster's life about to change?

GRAMMATICAL MINUTE: Write these two sentences into your notebook, then correctly punctuate them.
1. Dora smelled of urine Ellens daddy smelled of booze                                        
                                                                                                                                 
2. Ellens mamas mama told Rudolph dont let Ellens daddy bother me therell be money placed in your brothers mailbox every week 

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

These are the pronouns mentioned in class today. Since they show possession, or ownership, NEVER ever use them with 
aposthrophes.

mine   (mines is never correct English)
its
hers
his
ours
yours
theirs

Chapter 4: Starletta and Ellen's Grandmother

> Why is Ellen's Grandmother
so important? (Chapter 4)          
YESTERDAY: > Why's Ellen unhappy with her relatives at her mother's funeral?                                                          
GRAMMATICAL MINUTE: Write these two    sentences into your notebook, then  provide them with the punctuation they require.
1. It didnt rain in the morning as forecasted at noon there was a torrential downpour                                                 
                                                               
 2. Its not yours its hers Luis told his classmate as he opened his notebook