Since my research is going to focus on mountains in Jack Kerouac’s works, the very first thing I undoubtedly need to do is read those specific works. Though it can sometimes be time-consuming, I simply love it. I have just finished reading Big Sur and my next target is to re-read The Dharma Bums. It has been quite some time since I last read this book, and for the purpose of my research I need to read it again. This time, I need to properly ‘close read it’ because this book is going to be the number one source for my research. Then, my plan is to read Lonesome Traveler and some of Kerouac’s poems.

            While reading Kerouac’s works the thing I pay the most attention to are, unsurprisingly, mountains. Every time he mentions something about them, I highlight it and I make some notes. Once I am finished with the reading, I flip through the book again looking for my notes, writing them down to a separate Word document.

            Afterwards, once I am done with all the necessary reading and notes making, my plan is to go through all the notes, ‘connect them’ together, polish them and thus finish my research. Of course, the whole research is not going to be based only on my notes. I am going to work with the relevant secondary sources to support my research. I have already mentioned and listed them in the previous blog post.

            Well, that would be all for now. Time to re-read The Dharma Bums.