Your assignment for today was to read Chapter 23 of The Dharma Bums and summarize it in one sentence. Below is my one-sentence summary -- post yours as a comment. I'd also love to see general comments about the chapter, or questions.
The Dharma Bums Chapter 23 in one sentence:
With eight dollars of cash left, Ray hitchhikes out of El Paso, earns four dollars in New Mexico for helping move a piano, pays for a ride with a big Texan all the way to L. A., explains Buddhism to a poor Mexican couple riding with the Texan, walks to the railyards where a cop chases him away, comes back and hops a train right under the cop's nose, hops off in Santa Barbara for a swim at the beach and some food, then hops a flatcar on the Midnight Ghost to sleep all the way to San Francisco with a dollar left and Gary* waiting for him at the shack.*NOTE: This should be Japhy, but it is Gary in the text as this was a publishing error and they forgot to use Gary Snyder's pseudonym in this one instance.
Your next assignment is to read The Dharma Bums Chapter 24 and post a one-sentence summary.
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