Quote: " Although most of my neighbors were unemployed he didnt want them to think he was jobless. So he got in his car each morning at the same time and drove off as if he was going to work. Then in the evening he would return at exactly the same time." from Charles Bukowski's Ham on Rye

Question: I found out this past week that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Although Mr. Bukowski, doesnt tell us if the Mr Chinaski is going out every morning to get a job. But the way he describes it makes me think that Mr. Chinaski is crazy, because it says that he does the same thing over and over. So my question is what does he do everyday?

Comment: I think that Mr. Chinaski goes out far from the street he lives on because if he is to proud to be unemployed, then that probably means that he is to proud to be seen by any body who might live by him. I think he goes to the same place everday, because it says he goes and returns at the exact same time everyday, and I think it is probably a bar because when he gets home he usually gets mad at Henry for a dumb reason. Now I dont know if I am right, and there is know feasible way that I can know if I am right so I will just go on a hunch that I have that tells me that he goes to a bar, everyday.

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Quote:"I had begun to dislike my father" from Charles Bukowski's

Comment:In this part of the book Henry and his Parents go to see a lot of their relatives ie aunt's and uncle's, and it seems like every they go, Henry's father starts a fight, and makes the visits end on a bad note. Sometimes even when they go out to eat, his father tries to get out of the bill, by finding an imaginery fly or bug in his food. So I guess I am saying that I can see why a kid with a dad like that would start to dislike his father.

Question:If his father would even care, that his only son is starting to dislike him?

Quote: "I hate people" from Charles Bukoswki's book Ham on Rye

Comment: I think this is very peculiar, and I am curious if he hates all people or just the people who arent in his family.

Question: I want to know why he hates people?

#16 Hello ;)

Quote:I feel satisfied, that I didnt break down, didnt confess major sin, open my mouth to widely. from Ellen Hopkin's Impulse


Question: In this quote their is a therapy session, and it seems like the patient is having a competition with the therapist, to not say anything. my question is isnt that what therapy is for?

Comment: Ithink that this character is never going to get any better, if he doesnt open up.