Much like On The Road, Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums was written years after in 1958and attains similar themes. Including The wilderness, travel, city life, drugs and alcohol, love, and purpose of life. Kerouac seems more mature and interested in Zen Buddhism. What is interesting about this novel compared to Kerouac's other novels is that it seems to relate to all his other semi-fictional works. Dharma is a noun meaning "essential quality or character, as of the cosmos or one's own nature and conformity to religious law, custom, duty, or one's own quality or character." I predict that the definition of dharma will have a lot to do with the storyline. The picture is of North Cascades National Park where the book takes place.
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The Dharma Bums... I don't know why, but the title depresses me. Maybe it's just my feelings toward bums (They seem so poor and helpless).
Does Jack Kerouac only write stuff related to the Beat Movement? I wonder if he writes other topics that do not revolve around the themes you mentioned.
Well duh, the name of the book has the word "Dharma" in it, so I'd assume it would have something to do with the storyline. JK!
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND ALEX!!! ^_^
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