In the book, the author talks about him being a biker, but also about his personal struggles in life. He tells us about himself as an individual, in ways that are relayed to the reader so that the reader empathises with the author. Pirsig was born in Minnesota, and having a high IQ, he graduated high school, early, at the age of 15. He started study to a degree in philosophy, which he …show more content…
It is unclear the exact relations of Phaedrus' and the Narrator. As the story unfolds, this mystery is resolved, and we learn a little about this characters backstory. Phaedrus is the name this individual gave to himself to represent the conditions of his life before, he had a nervous breakdown and underwent a radical psychiatric procedure called ‘Annihilation ECS’. His story acts as a story within the authors works, providing a third-person view of things to the author. The Narrator's difficult relationship with his son is another situation driving the book. Finally, a summiting search for spiritual meaning in a technological age provides a channel uniting all these distinct