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Who is Robert DeWeese in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance<\/a><\/em>? What is his role in the story?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert DeWeese is a friend of Pirsig who he meets in his travels. Deweese doesn’t have a large role in the story, but helps Pirsig explain the importance of art and of life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about Robert DewWeese in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Who Is Robert Deweese?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In Cooke City, the riders stop for lunch, and Pirsig discovers that the Sutherlands are as happy as he\u2019s seen them. He acknowledges that he must seem distant to them, given the Chautauquas<\/a> he\u2019s been conducting while they all ride together. Chris, naturally, understands Pirsig\u2019s introversion better, but even he worries sometimes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sutherlands ask Pirsig how he met the family they\u2019ll be staying with in Bozeman, the DeWeeses. Pirsig has to admit that he doesn\u2019t remember. The DeWeeses are friends of Phaedrus\u2019s friends\u2014the husband, Robert DeWeese, whom Pirsig refers to as DeWeese, who is an abstract painter who teaches at the college in Bozeman\u2014and Pirsig tells us that he hasn\u2019t seen them since Phaedrus was erased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pirsig\u2019s memories of Phaedrus\u2019s relationship with Robert DeWeese are fragmentary, but he knows that Phaedrus was fond of DeWeese. His fondness stemmed from the fact that DeWeese continuously surprised Phaedrus: When Phaedrus expected one reaction from DeWeese, DeWeese would often produce the exact opposite <\/em>reaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert DeWeese\u2019s curious responses led Phaedrus to believe DeWeese possessed some deep knowledge that could help Phaedrus. And DeWeese, Phaedrus later discovered, felt a similar curiosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phaedrus and DeWeese<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

 In his lecture, Phaedrus likened the university\u2019s physical structures to a church building and its faculty to ministers. A church building isn\u2019t sacred for its own sake\u2014it\u2019s made holy by its parishioners and their faith. And a minister\u2019s primary goal isn\u2019t to serve his community but to serve God (and thereby, in the long run, to do right by his congregation). Hence Phaedrus\u2019s alternative name for the real university: the \u201cChurch of Reason.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But why, when Phaedrus had already lost his own faith in rational thought\u2019s ability to find truth, did he defend its free exercise so zealously? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pirsig believes Phaedrus\u2019s crisis of confidence drove <\/em>him to defend the Church of Reason<\/a>. We\u2019re never fanatical about something we\u2019re sure of\u2014no one devotes themselves to convincing others that water will run downhill. Rather, we give ourselves to causes when they\u2019re in doubt<\/em>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phaedrus\u2019s militancy took place in the late 1950s, before the rise of the hippies and the resistance to classical understanding as embodied by the Sutherlands. But he seemed to have a clairvoyant sense that the legitimacy of reason would soon come under fierce attack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The riders reach Bozeman. Pirsig has a vague recollection of the town\u2019s main street, but his predominant feeling is that of a tourist. At first he has some difficulty getting in touch with the DeWeeses, but he calls the college\u2019s art department and gets directions to their home. They live at the base of the mountains outside of town; the road that leads to their house is made of deep gravel and is treacherous. The riders turn a corner and come upon a large house with an abstract iron sculpture attached to it. DeWeese is sitting under the statue, entertaining a couple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introductions are made all around\u2014DeWeese already has guests over, a new art instructor at the school and his wife\u2014and the group sits. Presently John engages Robert DeWeese and his guest in conversation, and Pirsig zones out. Although the conversation is for the most part agreeable, Pirsig begins to notice some awkwardness developing between John and DeWeese. It concerns their respective attitudes toward Pirsig: Whereas DeWeese is gentle, John is sarcastic and teasing. The awkwardness comes to a head when John says Pirsig must have been \u201creally crazy\u201d to leave such a beautiful place as Bozeman. DeWeese is appalled, then angry, but Pirsig calms him with a hand gesture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tension stems from the contexts in which DeWeese and John know Pirsig. To John, Pirsig is just an average middle-class person with whom he drinks and rides motorcycles; to DeWeese, however, Pirsig is a serious philosopher and intellectual. What DeWeese doesn\u2019t know is that the Pirsig he <\/em>knows\u2014Phaedrus\u2014is no more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: Up to this point, the narrative has been ambiguous with regard to how much Pirsig\u2019s friends know about his institutionalization and treatment. For example, it isn\u2019t clear whether John knows that Pirsig was hospitalized, and so his comments about Pirsig\u2019s \u201ccraziness\u201d could either be understood as obliviousness or a joke in poor taste. DeWeese, however, doesn\u2019t know why Pirsig\/Phaedrus left Bozeman, so his anger at John can\u2019t<\/em> be about John\u2019s making light of Pirsig\u2019s illness. Rather, DeWeese is angry because John isn\u2019t giving Pirsig the deference he deserves.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the sun begins to set, the temperature drops, and DeWeese\u2019s wife suggests the riders unpack. Once everyone is situated, dinner is served in the living room. A hard, cold wind blows outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After dinner, more people arrive. Eventually the topic of technical writing comes up\u2014DeWeese is frustrated with the manual for a rotisserie he\u2019s purchased\u2014and Pirsig recites a favorite line from a Japanese bicycle\u2019s assembly instructions. The instructions begin by telling their reader that assembly requires \u201cgreat peace of mind.\u201d   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pirsig notes that, unexpected as this sentiment is, it\u2019s actually quite wise: Peace of mind and a well-maintained machine go hand in hand. When the group expresses skepticism, Pirsig elaborates. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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