Animals
bites Kamala
What is a snake?
does not want to go on the pilgrimage; sulks often
Who is little Siddhartha?
Siddhartha sits beneath it all day, realizing that Samsara is over
What is a mango tree?
"Have you lost your riches, Siddhartha?"
Who is Govinda?
"You are not strict with him, you do not punish him, you do not command him."
What is amplification?
Kamala owns one; a metaphor for characters in the novel
What is a songbird?
stands for a long time at the gate to a garden
Who is Siddhartha?
Siddhartha leans against it when he returns to the river after abandoning his life of pleasure
What is a coconut tree?
"I recognize you... It is a long time ago, maybe more than 20 years."
Who is the ferryman?
"...every gesture, every caress, every touch, every glance, every single part of the body has its secret..."
What is a anaphora?
at his lowest point, Siddhartha wishes this feline would eat him into oblivion
What is a tiger?
at peace despite a failed pilgrimage
Who is Kamala?
Vasudeva's fruit trees
What are bananas?
"Now I see that your eyes have also changed."
Who is Kamala?
"With a distorted countenance he stared into the water."
What is sibilance?
(What is allusion?)
"Kamala's body was a supple as a _________"
What is jaguar?
lost his wife a long time ago
Who is Vasudeva?
to whom Kamala gives her garden
Who are Gotama's monks?
"Bring your own twigs. I am not your servant."
Who is little Siddhartha?
"...whoever understood its secrets, would understand many secrets, all secrets"
What is epistrophe?
equated to Siddhartha while he is on the brink of suicide
What is a dog?
worries about a sleeping stranger; sits by his side and falls asleep
Who is Govinda?
Siddhartha compares Gotama's followers to this synecdoche of a tree
What are falling leaves?
"Do you not see that he does not wish to be followed?"
Who is Vasudeva?
"I have lost them -- or they have lost me. I am not sure."
What is chiasmus?