Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance a loosly-autobiographical story of a man and his son, Chris, who go on a motorcycling trip accompanied by two fellow bikers. On a journey from Minnesota to California, they take the back roads and sleep overnight in motels or just set up and camp. The man talks about what it is like to hear the wind rustling the grasses around him, to see birds flying in, out and around the marshes next to the road, to ride through a shelter-worthy storm, and to breathe in the fresh air from the mountain that overlooks an impressive tree line. He talks about the people he interacts with along the way, the towns they stop in, and the topics and conversations of the journey.
In the book, the author talks about him being a biker, but also about his personal struggles in life. He tells us about himself as an individual, in ways that are relayed to the reader so that the reader empathises with the author. Pirsig was born in Minnesota, and having a high IQ, he graduated high school, early, at the age of 15. He started study to a degree in philosophy, which he …show more content…
It is unclear the exact relations of Phaedrus' and the Narrator. As the story unfolds, this mystery is resolved, and we learn a little about this characters backstory. Phaedrus is the name this individual gave to himself to represent the conditions of his life before, he had a nervous breakdown and underwent a radical psychiatric procedure called ‘Annihilation ECS’. His story acts as a story within the authors works, providing a third-person view of things to the author. The Narrator's difficult relationship with his son is another situation driving the book. Finally, a summiting search for spiritual meaning in a technological age provides a channel uniting all these distinct
In the book, the author talks about him being a biker, but also about his personal struggles in life. He tells us about himself as an individual, in ways that are relayed to the reader so that the reader empathises with the author. Pirsig was born in Minnesota, and having a high IQ, he graduated high school, early, at the age of 15. He started study to a degree in philosophy, which he …show more content…
It is unclear the exact relations of Phaedrus' and the Narrator. As the story unfolds, this mystery is resolved, and we learn a little about this characters backstory. Phaedrus is the name this individual gave to himself to represent the conditions of his life before, he had a nervous breakdown and underwent a radical psychiatric procedure called ‘Annihilation ECS’. His story acts as a story within the authors works, providing a third-person view of things to the author. The Narrator's difficult relationship with his son is another situation driving the book. Finally, a summiting search for spiritual meaning in a technological age provides a channel uniting all these distinct