4. 5 - 7]f The father-son conflict is an important topic in German lit. of Hesse’s age. How is the topic broached here?

5. 7 - 9]f What’s the life of the Samanas like?

6. 7]f What does S. See? Why is all this mentioned?

7. 7]f Is this still practiced today? -- in the US?

8. 9 & 11] Questions again--What do we learn about S. from his questions?

9. 9 - 10 ]f What is missing in S.’s life?

10. 1 - 14] What is the relationship x S. and Govinda?

11. 10 - 11]f What does S. mean here?

12. 13 - 14 ]f What parallels to his earlier life do we find here? Who has the "power"?

13. 14 - 15]ff Every chapter heading has a meaning in the novel. Why this title?

14. 15]f Your view of the monks?____ Would you give them something to eat?

15. 15 - 16] What kind of impression does Gotama make?

16. 17]f Does S’s answer to Govinda surprise you here? Why (not)?

17. 18 - 20]f Why does S. Address Gotama, instead of listening?

18. 20] "Awakening"--In what sense does S. separate from himself?

19. 21]f What is his new goal?

20. 21 - 23] S. Has a lot of feelings suddenly. Which one is strongest?

21. 21 - 23]f Why does S. use the word "birth"? ---What does "Awakening" mean then?

22. 25] ---PART II--"Kamala" -- 45] How is the style different now?

23. 26]f What is beautiful about the world?

24. 26] Does S. Make sense here? How has he changed?

25. 27] What might the dream mean?

26. 27] What does S. Learn from the ferryman? What kind of impression does he make?

27. 28-32] What kind of person is Kamala? How is this person different from S’s other "teachers"?

28. 30]f Why does S. have no beard now? What does Kamala say about that?

29. 32] How is S. Different from K’s other men?

30. 33] Is K. afraid of S. Why (not)?

31. 33]f What advice does K. give S.?

32. 33-35] Why does S. Stand "like a child"?

33. 33 - 36] Who is Kamaswami? What can he do for S.?

34. 63]f What is the moral of the "stone parable"?

38. 66] What does S. Learn here? (From which 2 sources?)

40. 37]f What happened when S. took his business trip to the village? How does S. interpret it? --and       Kawaswami?

41. 38] Who are the "child-poeple"?

42. 71]f The word game is used repeatedly on this page. Why..? What does source mean?

43. 38]f Are the "others" happier? Give an example of S’s intellectual side:________

44. 39] What was the "bright and clear inward voice"?

45. 41] To what does he compare his life now? Why might this be?

46. 42-43] How has S. changed? Is he now more "normal"?

47. 43]f In what sense is S. modern now?

48. 43 - 44] The dream-- What might the bird mean?

49. 45] What does "called" mean? "Called" to what?

50. 45] The word game is used again. Can you find, compare earlier examples of games?

51. 46] End of ch. --Is this logical and expected? What happens here?

52. 46] "At the River"--Why does S. see everything so negatively here?

53. 88] How are the questions different from before? ...or are they?

54. 48] re OM--Where has this come up before? Has its meaning changed?

55. 48]f "Lethe" a greek word > "lethal" = sleep of forgetting. Why such a deep sleep?

56. 49]f Govinda--What is just like the old days x Govinda and S.?

57. 50] What roll is played by clothing here?

58. 51 - 52] How does the notion of impermanence fit S’s life and clothing?

59. 54] The river--why so important? When was he here before?

60. 52] Why does his melancholy turn to joy?

61. 53 - 54] What was his earlier "sin"?

62. 54] When was S. a "child" once before already?

63. 56]f What is the secret of the river?

64. 56] Listening is a passive act. In what sense is that positive? --why a virtue?

65. 56]f What does the ferryman learn from the river?

66. 56 - 58] What does S.learn from the ferryman?

67. 57]f Why do you think the ferryman talks so little?

68. 58]f What is the meaning of a smile?

69. 60]Life has certain epochs. Buddha dies. How is the "new" Kamala? Why...?

70. 60- 62] How does Kamala die? What is positive about her death? How does that fit the book?

71. 64-65]f What should S. do now? (Questions again....)

72. 63-69]f "The Son"-- What problems does S. Have with him? What methods of child-rearing does he use?

73. 70-71] What is Vasudeva’s advice? Your view? How is this like the book’s beginning?

74. 69] "OM" What has S. learned about wisdom?

75. 70]f "The river laughed." What does that mean?

76. 71] How does Vasudeva listen here? What's the roll of the river?

77. 72-74] What has V. learned?

78. 136] Where is V. going?

79. 74] Why is Govinda here again?

80. 140]f What is the kernel of S’s teaching here?

82. 78]-end--Nirwana and samsara--what’s happening here?

83. 80-81] and throughout--What happens to time? --and to Siddhartha?