Friday, April 30, 2010
Women and Jack again
We've been talking about how Jack views women a lot and at the beginning i sided with the people who said that Jack had no respect for women. It just dawned on me though that it is not Jack who the problem lies in it is us. Why did we assume that these women wanted Jack to stay? It's as if by assuming this we take away any intelligence these women might have. Jack looks dirty and disheveled. He is obviously a road traveler and one can tell by the fact he has dirty clothes and practically no money plus he's probably covered in dirt. Maybe these women not talking about the virgin) wanted a quick session of sex. I realized I made this argument while seeing these women as weak and unable to protector fight for themselves. I failed to perhaps think of the idea that maybe these women had the same agenda Jack had. Bea was still married and she could see how Jack failed miserably with money she was not expecting anything from a man she met on the bus. Maybe it's not Jack's ways that need fixing maybe we just need to adjust our perspective.
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Thank you! I think that was perfectly put. Does any one else agree with this?
Agreed.
We shouldn't penalize Jack for being a womanizer, he does make an effort to connect emotionally with the women. Both Jack and the girl put on their flirtatious facades hoping to get laid. End of story...
I just find Neal's relationship with women BAFFLING! He's irrevocably in love with Louanne, encourages her to sleep with Jack, calls her a cunt, gives her bad weed and thinks that neither of them should live on the earth while the other is alive. I mean come on, Neal Cassady your erratic emotions, and general state of being make you damn near incapable of love! (this was around pg 280)
ok, but think of it this way: many men will be inspired by the male roles in this book, but no woman will ever be inspired by the female roles in this book. I think the main problem lies not in the characters actions so much as the way the light is cast on the sexes. Kerouac doesn't care about women, at least while writing this book, and he's not ashamed in any way. I think this should be recognized.
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