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?
"the indestructibleness of every life, the eternity of every moment"
What is paradox?
Kamala owns one; a metaphor for characters in the novel
What is a songbird?
"With a distorted countenance he stares into the water."
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?
"He was full of ennui, full of misery, full of death."
What is a anaphora and amplification?
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?
"I who was rich and happy have become still richer and happier."
What is what is polyptoton?
"Kamala's body was as 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?
"The transitory soon changes. You know that."
Who is 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?
"You have not slept... You have suffered, yet I see sadness has not entered your heart."
Who is Vasudeva?
"I have lost them -- or they have lost me. I am not sure."
What is chiasmus?