1) Why does Erysichthon cut down the tree?He cuts it down because he needs the wood, and doesn't care that the tree is sacred2) Define piety. Piety is devotion and reverence to what is holy
3) How does this term relate to Erysichthon?Erysichthon is not pious, he is the complete opposite, thinking always of worldly things and never to what's above
4) What connections can be made between this scene and this children's story?The children's story deals with sacrifice and giving, something that Erysichthon would never do, but people did for him in the story, such as his mother, who he sold into slavery to buy food.
5) Relate the events in this scene to a specific passage in Siddhartha.One thing which made me think of Siddhartha was the role that hunger played in the story. Siddhartha joins the Samanas and lives a life of asceticism voluntarily, while Erysichthon was forced to. Siddhartha did it to find peace with himself, and maybe Ceres wanted to teach him the same lesson in making him hungry.
3) How does this term relate to Erysichthon?Erysichthon is not pious, he is the complete opposite, thinking always of worldly things and never to what's above
4) What connections can be made between this scene and this children's story?The children's story deals with sacrifice and giving, something that Erysichthon would never do, but people did for him in the story, such as his mother, who he sold into slavery to buy food.
5) Relate the events in this scene to a specific passage in Siddhartha.One thing which made me think of Siddhartha was the role that hunger played in the story. Siddhartha joins the Samanas and lives a life of asceticism voluntarily, while Erysichthon was forced to. Siddhartha did it to find peace with himself, and maybe Ceres wanted to teach him the same lesson in making him hungry.
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