Your assignment is to read the books, Siddhartha by Herman Hesse and Night by Elie Wiesel. You must complete the following tasks each week:
1. Check this blog every Monday for a new post!!!
2. Have a spiral notebook designated for each book (Night and Siddhartha)
3. Complete two types of assignments each week:
- SPIRAL NOTEBOOK ASSIGNMENT
- BLOG ENTRIES
Each week, while you read both books, you must complete the following work for each book in the spiral:
- For each page, write one or two complete sentences summarizing the page and the page number.
Example: page 3 Siddhartha and his friend, Govinda, argue about the meaning of life. Siddhartha decides to run away, and Govinda tells his father.
- Write three questions you have about the chapter for each book.
Example: Why does Elie ignore his father to study with Moshe the Beadle?
- Explain how situations from each book connect to themes or concepts from Global history outlined in the summer assignment handout. Be sure to explain in two-three sentences.
Example:
Theme- belief systems In Night, the characters from Sighet are alienated and harmed because of their belief systems. The main belief system is Judaism which is hated by the Nazis. The Nazis begin to kill the Jewish people in Sighet because of the Jews' belief in Judaism.
- Write down what you found about the research topics assigned each week. Research topics will be posted each week on Monday.
Example: Topic- Brahminism: the system of beliefs about .....
Blog Entries (change every week)
We will post three questions. Each question is to be answered using the information from both books in proper paragraph form weekly.
Example:
Question 1: How are Siddhartha and Elie similar in chapter one?
Answer: Elie and Siddhartha are similar because they are both very strong animals who rule the forest. Elie is the king of the Amazon while Siddhartha rules El Junque. Elie follows his father's lead and is very mean. Siddhartha does the same. Both characters struggle with power and how to lead people without seeming too abrasive. This is seen in how they act with their friends. Siddhartha acts friendly but distant from his best friend, Govinda. He plays with him but not while his father is around. Elie ignores his friend, Juliek, whenever others around. Both characters are powerful but also struggle with their power.
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ReplyDeleteEven though Siddartha and Elie have different belief systems, they are similiar in that they both have a thirst for knowledge. Siddartha wanted to join and learn more about the semanas and Elie wanted to learn more about Kabbalah. These were choices that their father didnt agree with. Both of them didnt let this get in the way of what they wanted. They stood strong for what they wanted and did whatever they could to achieve it. Elie doesnt respect his father so he can also give in and Elie can go and study with Moshe in the temple this shows his determination to achieve his goal. Siddartha stood still until his father would soon give in, which also shows how determined he is. Although they have different beliefs they are still similar through their actions.
Question #2
Siddartha and Elie are different because of their belief systems. Elie is a hasidic Jew and Siddartha is Hindu. This changes how they view the world and their surroundings. They both have different ways of showing their appreciation for their culture. Elie because he is a hasidic Jew goes to pray in a temple, unlike Siddartha who meditates because he is Hindu. The time period of both characters is also very different. Elie at the time is in the beginning of a very horrible war, the Holocaust. Siddartha on the other hand is trying to find out more about religion. Another difference is that Elie is from Sighet and Siddartha is from India.
Question #3
In the books Siddartha and Night, the authors seem to show that belief systems
divide eachother. Siddartha left his home and went against his father in order to
to learn more about religion. His father wasnt pleased with this because it wasnt
the ideal behavior of a true Brahmin. In Night, they are in the beginning of the
Holocaust. People were under Hitlers control and he killed many people.This divides the people because Hitler was taking over and seperating friends and families. Showing that belief systems over time have divided people no matter what.
Question #1-
ReplyDeleteBoth characters thrive to learn and devote themsleves to explore beyond the tradtions their families follow. Elie, main character of "Night" is committed to study the believes and tradtions of Cabbala, even though his father does not approve. He has shown independence as well as drive to obtain self satisfactory within outside teachings and tradtions. Siddhartha, main character of "Siddhartha" is the son of a Brahmin, soon to pronounce himslef as THE Brahmin, though doubts his believes and motives for he wants to walk the path of a samana. Both characters have questioned the meaning of life. For Siddhartha he has questioned the ability of self satisfaction and what HE can do to stand by his beleives and tradtions. Elie simpliy asks " Why do I pray, Why do I breathe, Why do I live." Siddhartha, and Elie have made the choice to stand by what they worship and praise, for they committed their lives to go against basic community tradtion. This has revealed them both to be absolute, and unique.
Elie lives in a small town in Translyania, customed to Hisitic tradition. He devotes his time to prayer and grace, worshipping one god, known as monothesism. Elie lives poorly with his mother, father, and three other siblings. He is living during a grosum war between German goverment and the jewish community. Elie devotes his time to support his family during this period of greif. Siddhartha is a royal son of a Brahmin, struggling to find peace between himself and his father. He commits himself to prayer and worship, accostumed to Hindu tradition. Siddhartha is known to be a polythesitic believer, praising many gods. Siddhartha lives under the caste system. He has shown self devotion to branch out from a Brahmin to be a samana. He has struggled within himself to disobey the traditions of his weathly father.
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ReplyDeleteIn the novels Siddhartha, and Night you have a clear sense of how belief systems divide each other, or to seperate one another. Through the struggles of many jewish families, German goverment has over passed the respect of humanity, for these men have snatched the lives of others to obtain will power. They clearly have no intergrity for Jewish communties and there traditions. In the novel Siddhartha, Siddhartha has disobeyed his father and followed his own belief thus dividing himself from the tradtional caste system.
Taneka Johnson
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Question 1-
ReplyDeleteEliezer and Siddhartha are similar in many ways. Both Elie and Siddartha are greatly in touch with their spirituality. Elie is devoted to learn the teachings of the cabala as Siddhartha is committed to becoming a Samana, despite their fathers’ approval. In the book Night, page 1, Elie eagerly asked his father to find him a master that will guide him through his studies of the cabbala but his father quickly neglected this idea simply because he believed Elie should wait until he turns 30. Despite his father’s decision Elie studied the cabbala with the help of Moshe the Beatle. Also much like Elie, in the book, Siddhartha, Siddhartha seeks approval from his father to join the Semanas, but his father did not allow at first. Siddhartha did not take no for an answer and stood in place until his father budged. Both young men did what it took to get what they wanted, whether their dad approved or not. Another similarity within these characters is their main priority. In both books, Elie and Siddhartha thrive for discovering their own path. In page 7, Siddhartha stated, “One has to find it, the primal source in one’s self, one had to make it one’s own!” Also Moshe the Beatle taught Elie in page 3 that, “Every human being has his own gate. We must never make the mistake of wanting to enter the orchard by any gate but our own.” Basically, everyone has their own destiny to fulfill by staying true to themselves. Both Elie and Siddhartha share many things in common.
Question 2-
Despite Eliezer and Siddhartha’s various similarities, they do have their share of differences. Both young men come from a very distinct background, which has helped shape the person they have become. Eliezer is a Hasidic Jew, who grew up in the small town of Sighet as where Siddhartha is a Brahmin who grew up in India. Since their environment and religion is so diverse they have their own way of perceiving the world around them and finding peace within themselves. In page 7, Siddhartha and Govinda meditate and practice the om. In page 8, Elie and the former Jews secretly celebrate Passover in the houses of the leaders. Jews simply follow the eight fold path but Brahmins follow the caste system. Not only do they come from two different places and practice different religions, they react and perceive things differently. When Elie’s father disapproved of his erg for wanting to study the cabbala, he went behind his father’s back and studied with Moshe the Beatle. As Siddhartha simply just wouldn’t take no for an answer and stood motionless until his father approved. This makes Siddhartha more of a fighter where Elie just simply won’t let anything get in his way of what he wants. Another difference between these two characters is that Elie is very dedicated and worships his religion but Siddhartha more so questions the Brahmin’s teachings. Elie wants to pray and study Jewish beliefs more in-depth but Siddhartha questions why everyone follows these teachings of the Brahmins. For example, in page 7 he questions “why an irreproachable man must wash away sin every day, strive for purification every day, everyday anew?” He doesn’t understand why he must plead for forgiveness for his actions. He doesn’t understand why he should follow these rules. Ellie doesn’t have any doubts in his religious teachings; he fully believes in them and takes part in every aspect of them. Siddhartha and Elie are two different people with different ways of life.
Question 3-
ReplyDeleteBelief systems both unite and divide people. In high school people that share the same interests and beliefs stick together. Usually cliques are formed, just like people who share the same belief system spend a lot of their time together. In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, Hitler’s main goal was to get rid of the Jewish population. He started of by taking away their right to keep valuable objects and pointing them out from the rest of society by making them wear yellow stars. He later placed them in ghettos and then concentration camps, where they would be tortured and serve their potential last few months together. Although he did separate them from the rest of society, it only made Jews stick together. He placed them in situations in which they not only had to rely on each other for comfort but survival as well. When he placed them in ghettos, they formed the Jewish council and even had Jewish cops. Everyone had a place. They prayed together as well as kept each other informed of what Hitler was planning. Although Hitler separated them from the rest of society he made them closer to each other. Also in the book Siddhartha by Herman Hesse, Govinda and Siddhartha practiced the om and meditated together. Belief systems are cliques in society. They are groups of people who share the same beliefs.