Question

Siddhartha figuratively compares the people in the city to children.

What does the comparison mean?


Children and “child people” both want money more than anything else.


“Child people” and children laugh all the time.


Like children, those people want empty, immediate pleasures.


The childlike adults complain about little things.

Answer 1

Answer: Like children, those people want empty, immediate pleasures.

Explanation: It is NOT "The childlike adults complain about little things."

Naturally both groups want instant gratification and pleasures more than anything. And do not care little about anything else unless this basic need is met first. I took the test and should have chosen the above answer.

Answer 2

The childlike adults complain about little things.

Step-by-step explanation:

Why does Siddhartha refer to people as childlike?

This is because he saw mankind going through life in a child-like or animal-like manner, which he loved and also despised at the same time