The Narrator Awakes To A Cold Grey Predawn.

The ZMM Narrator Says =>
….(Start Chapter 26) “A sensation of cold wakes me up. I see out of the top of the sleeping bag that the sky is dark grey. I pull my head down and close my eyes again. .. Later I see the grey of the sky is lighter, and it’s still cold. I can see the vapor of my breath. An alarmed thought that the grey is from rain clouds overhead wakes me up, but after looking carefully I see that this is just grey dawn. It seems too cold and early to start riding yet, so I don’t get out of the bag. But sleep is gone.“ (Cont.Next)

Brownlee Camp Ground ~18 miles Northwest of Cambridge, ID.

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FATHER & SON RELATIONSHIP:
… The Chirping Of Some Little Bird … There’s No Sound.…

…. The “ chirping of some little bird “ Is A Pre-Announcement … Foretells That Something Is Coming. …
…AND, What was being foretold? => WAS THAT =>
…. Chris is trying to =>”Reach out” to his Dad.

BUT, but The Narrator only replies with ~”Non-Answers”.
….And from this we realize one of the major points that Author Robert Pirsig, has written into the ZMM Novel => THE NARRATOR’S INABILITIES TO RELATE TO HIS SON, HAS NO ANSWER!

AND We See A Master Motif Here =>
…..The “ chirping of some little bird “ foretells Chris trying to “reach out to his Dad. ”. …

WHERE => “ there’s no sound.“…. is the non-answers from the Narrator Dad.

AND WHERE => …“ I can hear a small stream nearby,“ is the sound of nature in the flow of time, NOT the Father!

AND the “ little bird “ passages in ZMM, tell the reader to be alert to more than the surface
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AN EXPLANATION REPEATED FROM A ZMM PART II PHOTO => …. ….In such above-mentioned => Master Motif situations => Author Robert Pirsig is telling us,that => He, as author, recognizes that he is writing into ZMM, as a Novel, and HE KNOWS FULL WELL THAT =>
… The Narrator’s response to Chris trying to “reach out to Dad”, is COMPLETELY INADEQUATE. …. : And this very Master Motif Method, is his Author’s coded short-hand way to tell us, he, as Author, very well knows this!
… Click Here To Read => ZMM Research: The ZMM Narrator’s Treatment Of Chris, Both Good & Bad.
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