Travels with Charley Day 3

Today I began Part Two of Steinbeck's Travels with Carley.  It starts out by describing how the narrator is having doubts about his trip and is looking for a reason not to go.  Then he realizes what he is doing, and decides to man-up and go on the trip.  He says that he'd rather sacrifice yardage than violence, meaning he wants to live how he wants instead of how doctors want, just so he can live a little longer.  I completely agree with what he is saying here.  I believe that there is no point in living longer if you are not living your life.  Do what you want to while you still can and enjoy it.  He begins his journey heading north and meets several people.  The general feeling he encounters is discontent.  Almost everyone he encounters has a desire to move, and they don't care where to.  They just want to leave where they are.

Travels with Charley Day 2

On the second day I reached the end of part one.  Part one ends with a climactic sequence of events.  A hurricane strikes Sag Harbor and the residents attempt to prepare.  The narrator expertly ties down his boat, the Fayre Eleyne, in the middle of the harbor.  However, two other boats are tied together near his boat.  He attempts to protest this action, but the owners don't hear or don't care.  The eye of the storm makes its way over Sag Harbor and after that the havoc ensues.  The two boats he was worried about are on a crash course with a neighboring pier and drag the Fayre Eleyne with them.  The narrator heroically rushes in the midst of the storm to save his boat.  He frees his boat and returns it to open water.  He then makes it back to shore to marvel at the remainder of the storm and his recent heroic deeds.

Travels with Carley Day 1

Today I started to read Steinbeck's Travels with Charley.  The basic plot for today was saying that a writer, a little after middle aged, gets the feeling he doesn't know his subject.  His subject being America.  To remedy this, he decides to plan a road trip to travel around the country.  He plans to do so in a modified pick-up truck he calls Rocinante.  He plans to bring his large poodle with him (Charley).  I get the feeling that this man has reached a point in his life where he has become bored and is searching for excitement and adventure.  He is from New England (Sag Harbor) and is equipping himself for quite the journey.  He says he brought three times as much stuff as he needed.  He will be setting out on his trek after labor day.

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