Thesis/ Outline

I have decided to write my paper on Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance's relation to Notes from the Underground and The Stranger.  I think that this topic has a lot of support that can be found in the book and it is also the one that I like the most. Jose and Rodrigo both agreed that it was the best one,  but honestly, I was going to choose this topic regardless of what people had said was their favorite.

My thesis statement will be something along the lines of:
Through the simplistic nature of repairing a motorcycle Pirsig is able to express the same complexities as Camus does in the Stranger and Dostoyevsky in Notes from The Underground, nevertheless he does so with his own twist.

**I know that thesis sucks but it's a start?**


Outline:

- My view/ take on Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

• Phaedrus being fairly misunderstood and being limited through his knowledge 
• Why situations like that of Phaedrus' are a problem, why they are necessary 
• Why a motorcycle seems like a good tool to use in a discussion about values

- Motorcycle Maintenance in relation to the NFTU

• Underground man in relation to Phaedrus (ideaology)
• Relation of both characters in terms of limitation 
• Phaedrus not at "complete" clarity since he still is able to become something 

- Motorcycle Maintenance in relation to The Stranger

• Simplicity of both characters because of an understanding of basic human nature 
• comparison (but more of a contrast) of the ideologies in Stranger and NFTU

-Differences with all three

• what differences/ discrepancies exist 
• which ones I believe in