Brief History of My Thumb

The idea of hitchhiking these days, as she indicates, is unsafe on the part of both driver and hitch hiker. You never know if the person you are getting into a car with or the person you are allowing in your car has good intentions. This is the part of the experience that she enjoyed the most though, the mystery of it all. In essence, she enjoyed the prospect of entering new worlds; with each car, town and experience bringing something meaningful to her life. The woman who tells her of getting raped while hitchhiking doesn’t seem deterred from engaging in the act, nor does it deter Perillo herself. The Heraclitus quotes she uses are an interesting example of how she explains her love for the road and hitchhiking. A river is never the same each time you step into it because its contents are forever moving, whether downstream or back up into the clouds. Similarly, a road is never the same because there are always new people travelling on it, so you can never be sure if it will be as safe as your last experience.


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