Siddhartha Part I

Siddhartha: Part 1

Chapter 1: “The Brahmin’s Son”

1. In your notebook, start a page entitled “Siddhartha Bubble Map.” Write at least 3 adjectives that describe Siddhartha in chapter 1 and support those adjectives with how you know this in the frame of the bubble map.

2. Why does Siddhartha leave his father?


Chapter 2: “With the Samanas”

3. What happens during Siddhartha’s stay with the Samanas? Why does he leave?


4. Contrast the circle and the spiral as discussed on the top of page 18.


5. What are Siddhartha’s goals? Do they change over the course of the first two chapters?



Chapter 3: “Gotama”

6. Why does the Buddha tell Siddhartha to “be on your guard against too much cleverness” on p. 35?


Chapter 4: “The Awakening”

7. What does Siddhartha mean by the quote “I will learn from myself the secret of Siddhartha” on p. 39?


8. Add more adjectives to the bubble map of Siddhartha in your notebook and in the frame record direct quotations that prove your points.