"I ate the banana and threw the peel away and said nothing. 'That's the banana sermon.'" (Kerouac, 174)
-This is something Smith says to Japhy when they're discussing nirvana. Smith thinks nirvana is simply there, unspoken, nirvana is in life itself. Japhy only partially agrees thinking that nirvana has a physical type of manifestation. Earlier he describes a monk reaching enlightenment through being pushed on the ground. Japhy thinks that nirvana is the same, is happens in response to some type of stimulation, while Smith thinks it is simply there in the absense of thought.
"Japhy was mad as hell and really jealous." (Kerouac, 185)
-This quote is Smith describing Japhy after meeting Japhy's sister's fiance. For some reason Japhy is very jealous and keeps trying to intimidate his sister's fiance. He talks quite a bit about their sex life which today would seem inappropriate. He also hints to having sex with his sister, which is probably just a crazy Japhy tactic of intimidation, but still very strange, and you can tell hes most likely on some kind of drugs, or just a little out of his mind with "freedom."
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