Characters and Places
Where does Siddhartha want to stay?
By the river.
Who does Siddhartha meet in the chapter "The Ferryman"?
Kamala and her son
Who is Vasudeva?
Ferryman
You are much more like him than when you left Kamaswami and me.
Simile - uses like to compare it.
What does River symbolize for Siddhartha?
Source of knowledge.
Who is Vasudeva's apprentice?
Siddhartha
How does Siddhartha pay the ferryman?
By giving his clothes.
What did Vasudeva say is everywhere, at its mouth, at its waterfall, the ferry, the current all at the same time?
River
The river looked at him with thousand eyes - green, white, sky blue.
Personification - giving a human quality to an object.
Why did Siddhartha not want his son to go into this world alone?
He knew that Samsara was full of Greed, and other materialistic emotions, and people could take advantage of a small child, thus he wanted to protect him from all the dangers by making him stay with him.
where did they build the funeral pyre of Kamala?
the same hill where Vasudeva's wife's funeral pyre was made.
Who could Siddhartha not give up?
His son.
When did Vasudeva talk the most?
When he was explaining to Siddhartha to let go of his son and allow him to follow his own path.
Repetition - the word so is repeated to emphasize a point.
What does it mean by "I have taken thousands of people across and to all of them my river has been nothing but a hindrance on their journey"?
It means that people who are connected to all materialistic things see the river as an obstacle rather than seeing it as a source of knowledge.
By understanding what would a person be able to learn more and more secrets?
The river.
What word did Siddhartha say that the river pronounces when one is successful in hearing all ten thousand voices at the same time?
Om.
What was one of the greatest virtues of Vasudeva?
He knew how to listen.
The young bird is accustomed to a different life, to a different life.
Metaphor - comparing two things without using like or as.
How is Karma portrayed in the chapter "The Son"?
Whatever you do will come back to and the same way that Siddhartha left his father, his son also left him to follow on his own journey.
Who knows everything?
The river.
Because of what reason did Siddhartha prefer the sorrow and trouble of his love rather than happiness and pleasure without the boy?
Love
What did Vasudeva listen to with double attention, getting completely absorbed in it?
Siddartha's story about how after the sleep he felt such a love for the river
Do you not shame him daily with your goodness and patience and make it more difficult for him.
Euphemism - A euphemism is an indirect, “polite” way of describing something too inappropriate or awkward to address directly. However, most people will still understand the truth about what's happening.
What is the symbolism of "Siddhartha considered himself rich and happy when the boy had come to him".
It meant the world to him to spend his time with him.