"It was the most amazing leap I ever saw in my life, except by nutty acrobats. Much like a mountain goat, which he was, it turned out." (Kerouac, 25)
-The above quote shows the ironical nature of the way that Kerouac describes Japhy. These two sentences are said right after Alvah and Smith go to Japhy's hut with wine for the night. The way that Smith describes Japhy shows his confusion about him, and his wonder at that. He sees him as something unhuman, and full of suprises that aren't actually that suprising because Smith has grown accustomed to suprise with Japhy.
"I regarded lust as offensive and even cruel." (Kerouac, 29)
-Smith shows the reader the he is starting to doubt his type of Buddism. Japhy's way of life is beginning to look very appealing to Smith. This quote is not just him describing lust but him describing his beliefs. At one point he believed that abstinence was good, as were his beliefs, now meeting Japhy and hearing Japhy's point of view he is realizing that lust isn't as bad, and by realizing he is thinking of lust as offensive and cruel he is also thinking of his views as offensive and cruel.
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