As the book draws to an end there is one major and original theme that I have never learned about. Kerouac had "...a vision of a great rucksack revolution thousands or even millions of young Americans wandering around with rucksacks, going up to mountains to pray, making children laugh and old men glad, making young girls happy and old girls happier, all of 'em Zen Lunatics who go about writing poems that happen to appear in their heads for no reason and also by being kind and also by strange unexpected acts keep giving visions of eternal freedom to everybody and to all living creatures." Not only does the theme of being different show but the religion of buddhism occurs. Japhies,being spirtual bums of zen buddhism,hike and hitchhike around trying to find their truer beings. One thing I learned about Oriental Religion is that the lotus is very symbolic. The lotus flower means Estranged love, forgetful past, spiritual healing, and meditation.
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I think you are on the right track in finishing up your second book. Good job! I almost find no time to read with this hectic college process and financial aid stuff! Grr… I need to finish up my book soon =X
What’s the oriental religion, I wished you would explain it a little more, and same with the lotus associated with it. Or is it that the oriental religion is what you described of the lotus (Estranged love, forgetful past, spiritual healing, and meditation)?
I'm not sure, yet it would be an interesting subject to get into.
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