the dharma bums by:Jack Kerouac

p.171-199

-"Sean was a strange mystical Buddhist with a mind full of superstitions anf premonitions. "i believe in devils," he said. "well," i said, stroking his little daughter's hair, "all little children know that everybody goes to heaven" which he assented renderly with a sad nod of his bearded skull."

-This quote shows that not everyone believes in the same thing. i, personnaly do not agree with this and that is why i found this quote important. everyone has their own opinion and shouldn't be judged for it. every religion believes in what they want and every religion has their own god. that's what really proves this. he shouldn't say that all children know that you go to heaven once you die since maybe a lot of kids have their own opinion on life. maybe, growing up you are always taught to believe in god, but i think that kids should believe in what they want and not be forced to believe in something they dont believe in.

-"just as they were about to open the door i opened it, with the black cat in my arms, and said in a low voice "i am the ghost."

-i decided to choose this quote because i simply loved it. i thought it was such a funny way to make these kids go away. the kids were throwing rocks on the roof of their house because they thought it was abandonned. after that he said he was the ghost, the kids never came back to throw rocks. this quote doesn't have much meaning and it was only a very small part of the book, but i still enjoyed reading threw it. it got me thinking that the strongest emotion that a person has is fear and that's why he choose to scare them away.