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Contraculture In The Dharma Bums

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"The Dharma Bums is an American novel that takes us in an internal journey to meet the two faces of its protagonists, Ray Smith and Japhy Rider...Seeking significance in teir everyday lifes, a meaning to thier actions, but not only a meaning, instead an ""Buddhist"" meaning for everything...The novel takes deep inspiration on the hippie contraculture and all we know that culture is one based in the mutual respect and love, but also has a heavy anarchy component and a sentiment for going against the sistem. That said, the novel put us this journey with these men, to find their ultimate answer, but one question is always there: will they find such answer?, and for extension, Will they like it?...It's the main doub that is brought to us in this

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