Dharma Bums Quote Response 49-72

Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #50

"Japhy answered back with a simple "Hoo" which he said was the Indian way to call in the mountains and much nicer. So I began to yell "Hoo" myself."

This quote shows how the narrator idolizes Japhy. He believes everything that he says, and does evrything that he wants him to do. He believes that Japhy is right about almost everything, and that he is everything that the narrator wants to be. He tries to become a carbon-copy of Japhy, instead of doing things his own way.

Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #63

"You know the snow's about to come here any time now. If it comes tonight it's goodbye me and you."

This quote shows how far Japhy and the narrator are willing to go to have some exitement in their life, and to be in nature. They run a risk of dying, but just laugh in the face of the danger. They see it as something that would'nt really matter, as long as they were climbing the mountain.