Siddhartha: Chapter 5
1. What do you think S. means by the phrase, “the random self of the senses”?
2. What is the significance and what is your interpretation of S’s dream?
3. Siddhartha seems to think that the ferryman is one of the childlike people. Even so, can you find any evidence that the ferryman possesses mystical powers?
4. Explain the significance of the keys to S’s abilities and success in terms of his stated litany, “I can think, I can wait, I can fast”.
5. What could be meant by “killing the random self of the senses”? If there is no self, would there be any sense of personal identity? Why?
6. Why is it easy for S. to obtain clothes and money? How is it that he acts “without traces” with respect to these things?
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