Dbums 5
Kerouac p. 96
“Pain love or danger makes you real again, ain’t that right Ray like when you were on that ledge?”
This quote shows how Ray felt when he was on the mountain. It made him feel alive again. All the people down in suburbia who just sit around and watch TV all day get to really feel alive like Ray does. They do not experience real danger, since everything is “perfect” for them.
Kerouac p. 102
“I’ve got no use for the kulak with his barn and pasture . . . he just sets up a prison for himself, once in, he cant get out, think it over, it might happen to you.”
This quote of Han Shan’s poem is telling exactly how it is in life today. Al of the people in suburbia have built prisons for themselves. They have created a lifestyle that they cannot not escape from. Japhy and Ray on the other hand are more like Han Shan. They do not build prisons for themselves. They live freely, and go and do what they please. Although it would seem that a person with a house and car and family would be more happy, this is not so, since they are actually imprisoned in this life.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Monday, April 16, 2007
links to appalation trail hiker websites
http://www.fred.net/kathy/at.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_Trail
http://www.aldha.org/
http://www.trailjournals.com/journals.cfm
http://www.trailstories.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_Trail
http://www.aldha.org/
http://www.trailjournals.com/journals.cfm
http://www.trailstories.com/
dbums 4
Dbums 4
Kerouac p.77
“All he needs is his rucksack with all of those little plastic bags of dries food and a good pair of shoes and off he goes and enjoys the privileges of a millionaire in surroundings like this.”
This quote really tells how happy Japhy is with his life. He has almost nothing to his name, yet he is as happy and probably happier that people who have lots of money and don’t have to worry about anything. He doesn’t worry about anything, but he does it without having lots of money.
Kerouac p.84
“ ‘Now there’s the Karma of theses three men here: Japhy Rhyder gets to his triumph mountaintop and makes it, I almost make it and have to give up and huddle in a bloody cave, but the smartest of the them all is that poet’s poet lying down there with his knees crossed to the sky chewing on a flower dreaming by a gurgling plage, goddammit they’ll never get me up here again.’”
As Ray looks down from the mountain, he realizes that he has lost on this hike. Japhy has reached the top of the mountain, and gets the triumph of success. He has reached the goal that they went on this hike for. But Morely he realizes is the smartest. He stayed down below, and did not have to work hard for nothing, like Ray.
Kerouac p.77
“All he needs is his rucksack with all of those little plastic bags of dries food and a good pair of shoes and off he goes and enjoys the privileges of a millionaire in surroundings like this.”
This quote really tells how happy Japhy is with his life. He has almost nothing to his name, yet he is as happy and probably happier that people who have lots of money and don’t have to worry about anything. He doesn’t worry about anything, but he does it without having lots of money.
Kerouac p.84
“ ‘Now there’s the Karma of theses three men here: Japhy Rhyder gets to his triumph mountaintop and makes it, I almost make it and have to give up and huddle in a bloody cave, but the smartest of the them all is that poet’s poet lying down there with his knees crossed to the sky chewing on a flower dreaming by a gurgling plage, goddammit they’ll never get me up here again.’”
As Ray looks down from the mountain, he realizes that he has lost on this hike. Japhy has reached the top of the mountain, and gets the triumph of success. He has reached the goal that they went on this hike for. But Morely he realizes is the smartest. He stayed down below, and did not have to work hard for nothing, like Ray.
Friday, April 13, 2007
dbums 3
Dbums 3
Kerouac p.50
“The cheese was sharp Cheddar. But it didn’t satisfy me much and when we go out into country with no houses and anything I began to yearn for a good old hot breakfast…”
This quote puzzled me. Did Jack not travel around as a bum for many years? Was he not living off almost knighting, and riding around on trains? Why did he crave this hot breakfast if he believes that life was not about material things? I thought that he would be used to not having much to eat, and what little he had not being very good.
Kerouac p. 52
“’That’s what I like, hitchhiking around, feeling free, imagine though being an Indian and doing all that’”
This quote also puzzled me. Why would it many difference if you were an Indian bum or not? It seems that the life of a bum would not be any different what race you were, yet Japhy speaks of it as if it were a great hardship. He of all people I would think would not notice the hobo for being an Indian, and make such a big deal out of it
Kerouac p.50
“The cheese was sharp Cheddar. But it didn’t satisfy me much and when we go out into country with no houses and anything I began to yearn for a good old hot breakfast…”
This quote puzzled me. Did Jack not travel around as a bum for many years? Was he not living off almost knighting, and riding around on trains? Why did he crave this hot breakfast if he believes that life was not about material things? I thought that he would be used to not having much to eat, and what little he had not being very good.
Kerouac p. 52
“’That’s what I like, hitchhiking around, feeling free, imagine though being an Indian and doing all that’”
This quote also puzzled me. Why would it many difference if you were an Indian bum or not? It seems that the life of a bum would not be any different what race you were, yet Japhy speaks of it as if it were a great hardship. He of all people I would think would not notice the hobo for being an Indian, and make such a big deal out of it
Thursday, April 12, 2007
dbum 2
Kerouac p. 32
“I think he’ll end up like Han Shan living alone in the mountains and writing poems on the walls of cliffs, or chanting them to crowds outside his cave.”
Although Japhy is an amazing poet, and well respected among the poetic community, people still predict that he will be al alone. He chooses to live his life in solitude, instead of with others. He will be seen as a lunatic and maybe not a poetic genius until he long gone.
Kerouac p. 38
“’In the summers I was always a government fire lookout- that’s what you oughta do next summer, Smith-‘“
This quote seemed insignificant at first, but as I looked at it more, I really liked it. Spending the summer as a government fire lookout would give you lots of time by yourself to think. It is very much like Han Shan living in the mountains by himself. This may be one of the reasons that Japhy loves to be solitary.
“I think he’ll end up like Han Shan living alone in the mountains and writing poems on the walls of cliffs, or chanting them to crowds outside his cave.”
Although Japhy is an amazing poet, and well respected among the poetic community, people still predict that he will be al alone. He chooses to live his life in solitude, instead of with others. He will be seen as a lunatic and maybe not a poetic genius until he long gone.
Kerouac p. 38
“’In the summers I was always a government fire lookout- that’s what you oughta do next summer, Smith-‘“
This quote seemed insignificant at first, but as I looked at it more, I really liked it. Spending the summer as a government fire lookout would give you lots of time by yourself to think. It is very much like Han Shan living in the mountains by himself. This may be one of the reasons that Japhy loves to be solitary.
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
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
Sunday, April 1, 2007
are these actual miles?
Raymond Carver, Are These Actual Miles?
Page. 586
“Food was one of the big items. They gorged on food. He figures thousands on luxury items alone. Toni would go to the grocery store and put in everything she saw.”
This quote reveals how Toni and Leo thought they could live life. When they first started out. They had plenty of money. When they started spending money on everything they wanted though, the money started disappearing. Toni wanted to get everything for the kids that she could not have when she was a child. They want to have the normal things that people have life fancy washers and dryers. This lifestyle though drained their money. Before they knew it, they were knee deep in debt.
Raymond Carver, Are These Actual Miles?
Page. 586
“He pours Scotch, adds water, carries the drink to the living room. He sits on the couch but finds his shoulders so stiff they wont let him lean back. He stares at the screen and sips, and soon he goes for another drink.”
This quote shows how similar this story is to the other stories that we have read. Leo uses alcohol to deal with his problems. He trying to live a normal life, but things are not going right for him. Because of this, Leo drinks. It has shown to be a popular way for people to deal with their problems.
Page. 586
“Food was one of the big items. They gorged on food. He figures thousands on luxury items alone. Toni would go to the grocery store and put in everything she saw.”
This quote reveals how Toni and Leo thought they could live life. When they first started out. They had plenty of money. When they started spending money on everything they wanted though, the money started disappearing. Toni wanted to get everything for the kids that she could not have when she was a child. They want to have the normal things that people have life fancy washers and dryers. This lifestyle though drained their money. Before they knew it, they were knee deep in debt.
Raymond Carver, Are These Actual Miles?
Page. 586
“He pours Scotch, adds water, carries the drink to the living room. He sits on the couch but finds his shoulders so stiff they wont let him lean back. He stares at the screen and sips, and soon he goes for another drink.”
This quote shows how similar this story is to the other stories that we have read. Leo uses alcohol to deal with his problems. He trying to live a normal life, but things are not going right for him. Because of this, Leo drinks. It has shown to be a popular way for people to deal with their problems.
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