pg 120-149
1) “He didn’t really believe it but I did it. (128)”
Ray told the truck driver, who is giving him a ride, that he could cook a T-bone when they stop at a desert and he would start a fire and cook it. The guy didn’t believe that Ray could do it but it turned out to be the best meat he has ever had. People don’t usually think that people can just pull to the side of the road and cook something and have it taste really good. They are just not used to it, but it’s amazing how people can do things without using what they think they need, a stove, inside, and extra equipment.
2) “’What the matter with him anyway?’ and I’d hear them argue about the futility of my ‘Buddhism’… (142)”
Ray likes being a hobo or a Dharma Bum, because he can do what he ever he wants. He also feels free, freedom of society and he his life is free. He does things that typically most will not do and he thinks of as up lifting such as sleeping outside instead of inside. His family doesn’t understand why he does and why he always has to be on his own. They also ask him questions about his beliefs to have an understand of it but, it makes them all frustrated because its aggravating how the other side doesn’t see it or they don’t want to see it.
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