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Grade Level:
9 - 12
Literary Form:
World Novel
12 Lesson Plans/23 Handouts/69 Pages
ISBN:978-1-56077-360-3
Description:
Siddhartha is a rich, colorful novel about the search for peace, faith, and self-knowledge through asceticism. Through the study of Hindu and Buddhist philosophies and the pursuit of pleasure and wealth, one man comes to peace in a return to nature and the simple life. Readers discover that it is the simple life beside the river that brings harmony and wholeness, and that innate senses have won over intellect.
Activities:
Students examine symbols, philosophies (Brahmin and Buddhism), and the search for identity; explore parallels between the life of Hermann Hesse and the personality of Siddhartha; and evaluate their own writing and that of their peers. They also discover and interpret themes, think critically, and write a literary analysis.
Supplementary materials include a unit test, answer key, and a reading on the religions of Asia.
Ethical Values:
Faith, Freedom, Integrity, Peace, Self-actualization, Self-discipline, Truth
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