AP PREP POST 1: SIDDHARTHA

Five Questions I Choose
URL: http://www.prestwickhouse.com/PDF/SAMPLE/302272.pdf

1. It is mentioned that Siddhartha had never loved a person as much as the Buddha. This is the first mention of Siddhartha loving anyone or anything. Why is it significant that Siddhartha feels more love for this person than either of his parents or Govinda? (Chapter 3)
2. What realization does Siddhartha experience regarding the world of thought and the world of the senses? (Chapter 5)
3. This chapter is entitled, The Ferryman. How is the title of the chapter and Vasudeva’s occupation symbolic to Siddhartha at this point in his journey? (Chapter 9)
4. Explain the theme of the passage below: “No, there were no teachings that a person who truly sought and wanted to find could accept. But the one who had already found could approve of any teachings, every path and goal.” (Chapter 9)
5. Siddhartha loved his son so much that he wanted to “keep him from suffering, pain, and disappointment.” In the process Siddhartha makes himself and his son miserable. Why wasn't this working? (Chapter 11)

Answers:
In order to answer these detailed questions I'd need a copy of the book or an online version of it. I was able to find a few online versions of the book and tried to look for the answers. I know the chapter the answer could be found in, but the only problem is I don't know where in the chapter it would be located.

Online Versions of Siddhartha:
http://www.online-literature.com/hesse/siddhartha/
http://www.readcentral.com/book/Herman-Hesse/Read-Siddhartha-Online
http://manybooks.net/titles/hesseheretext01siddh10.html
http://www.readprint.com/work-841/Siddhartha-Hermann-Hesse

• The first online version I found was used on Mr. Power's SBHS Class Blog for his class to read online.  http://mrpower451.blogspot.com/2009/02/online-text-of-siddhartha.html

Explanation:
This tells me that the AP Exam will require thinking beyond what we read. We will have to analyze books in deft and understand what we come across. Literary elements need to be conquered before the AP Exam because they will be used to analyze texts.