"therefore have to work for the priviledge of consuming, all that crap they didn't really want anyway such as refrigerators, TV sets, cars, at least new fancy cars, certain hair oils and deodorants and general junk you finally always see a week later in the garbage anyway, all of them imprisoned in a system of work."
page 97
Japhy speaks this quote in Ray's recounting of the drunken conversation between the friends. Japhy discusses his view that Americans work for material things they feel influenced by society to purchase. This is similair to what we discussed in class on cookie-cutter America. Japhy's philosophy causes him to be confused as to why people who choose to imprison themselves in the cycle of senseless work for material.
"find perfect solitude and look into the perfect emptiness of my mind and be completely neutral from any and all ideas."
page 105
Ray says that his search for solitude and emptiness from ideas are what influence him to live a wandering life. He plans to do this with his new rucksack that Japhy recently helped him purchase. However, in searching to be free from ideas, he is really taking Japhy's teachings and putting them to use. Ray is greatly influenced by Japhy's word, even if that word is to not be influenced by ideas.
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