AP PREP POST 1: SIDDHARTHA

In that post, please: a) list the five questions you chose and the URLs where you found them; b) answer the five questions to the best of your ability (if you listed an interesting question that you can't answer because it's not covered in the passage, explain what information you'd need to do a proper job); and c) explain what the questions tell you about the skills/content you need to master for the AP exam.

Question Sources:
http://www.shmoop.com/siddhartha/
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/siddhartha/study.html

1. Wouldn’t it be nice to just, be completely and utterly at peace with where you are in the world? (as an essay topic)
Yes Siddhartha believed that in order to become enlightened he needed to first, find himself within himself.
2. Discuss the role of the mystic utterance Om in Siddhartha. In what ways does it foreshadow Siddhartha’s spiritual progression?
"Om" is the peaceful sound Siddhartha makes when he needs to reflect inwards. By uttering this word he can go to his "mind palace" and have a tea party, as it were. I would need to know the rest of the plot in relation to the "om" to complete to last question.
3. Consider Siddhartha’s relationship with Govinda. How are they similar, and how are they different? What are the narrative functions of Govinda’s reappearance throughout the novel?
Siddhartha wants a more long term enlightenment whereas Govinda doesn't see the point in that. If I remember correctly Govinda needed to find his own niche. They both reached enlightenment separately, but still together.
4. What is the relationship between the internal and exterior worlds of Siddhartha?
He lives in them separately in the beginning and closer to the end of the book he has found the balance between living in the world and in his spirit all wrapped up in the same vegan burrito.
5. Siddhartha concerns the quest for spiritual enlightenment, and by the end of it four characters have achieved this goal: Govinda, Gotama, Vasudeva, and Siddhartha. Is the enlightenment achieved by each of these characters the same? Why or why not? What distinctions and similarities exist between the paths these characters use to reach their final goal?
For this question I would need to know the story of each of those characters individually and then analyze their enlightenment similarities.