AP PREP POST 1: SIDDHARTHA

1. 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?
(http://danig14.blogspot.com/2013/01/1.html)

2.What purpose does self-denial serve in Siddhartha? What about self-indulgence?

(http://www.shmoop.com/siddhartha/questions.html)

3.What does enlightenment look like in Siddhartha? Is it a feeling? An attitude?http://www.shmoop.com/siddhartha/questions.html

4. A bildungsroman, a coming-of-age novel, recounts the psychological or moral development of its protagonist from youth to maturity, when this character recognizes his or her place in the world. Select a single pivotal moment in the psychological or moral development of the protagonist of a bildungsroman. Analyze how that single moment shapes the meaning of the world as a whole.

http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/apcentral/ap13_frq_eng_lit.pdf

5.The quotation “Immediately he moved on again and began to walk quickly and impatiently, no longer homewards, no longer to his father, no longer looking backwards”, shows a shift from…

a. Anger and resentment, toward acceptance
b. A resolute journey, onto a more free-flowing and spontaneous path
c. Fear of his parentage, toward a fear of loneliness
d. Looking to the past for enlightenment, toward looking to the future and within himself
e. Fear of failure, toward an acceptance of possibility of error.

http://snobles.grads.digitalodu.com/blog/groups/ap-english-2012-2013/forum/topic/siddhartha-multiple-choice-questions/

In order for me to prepare for the AP exam I would have to for one reread this  book in order to refresh my knowledge on the book as well as reviewing various other novels. Also literary terms, recognizing & applying them to my work is very difficult with me. I need to practice each lit terms while I read in order for me to master them. Not to mention reviewing & applying higher level vocabulary into my writing.