Zen continued...

The esthetics theory slaps you right in the face. Several times. There is a section where he talks about the difference betwixt analytic and romantic view of life; he uses the motorcycle as an analogy to this. Mechanics look at the motorcycles on an underlying degree whilst the narrator simply sees a whole being worked on. This theme reappears throughout the book when talking about technology and science as well. These discussions help us with the understanding of Phaedrus, who is a personality of the narrator. We know that Phaedrus eventually goes through electrolysis and forgets himself, but we are slowly learning how and why.

The passage that still sticks out to me the most is the narrator's response when his son asks him about ghosts. He said that he does not mind believing in ghosts because they only exist in the mind... like logic.