d bums 1

D-Bums #1

Kerouac p. 11

“But as they stood and sat around I saw that he was the only one who didn’t look like a poet, though poet he was indeed.”

Japhy did not look like a poet because he too his dharma bummism to an extreme. Al of the other poets dressed like a poet is “supposed” to. They all had similar styles, and looked and acted like they should be there. This is how they let other people know who they were and how important they were because of there work. Japhy on the other hand was humble, and did not like to show off whom he was. This was his was of life.


Kerouac p. 5

“’Practice charity without holding in mind any conception of charity, for charity after all is just a word’”

This quote tells a lot about how Japhy lives his life. He is not concerned with looking good in the eyes of other people, but doing the right thing. Other people only do charity to look good, but he does not eve think about charity. He thinks about doing good things for other people