Beaudry Character Analysis in The Dharma Bums

Beaudry is a truck driver who picks Ray up in Calexico, California, on his way to North Carolina. They spend an evening partying across the border in Mexicali, and then they go to Tucson, Arizona, where Ray makes Beaudry a steak over a campfire in the desert. Beaudry is so impressed by Ray’s lifestyle that he decides to take him all the way to Ohio (where he lives) out of gratitude.

Beaudry Character Timeline in The Dharma Bums

The timeline below shows where the character Beaudry appears in The Dharma Bums. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...that it doesn’t stop there. He decides to hitchhike again, and a truck driver named Beaudry picks him up. Beaudry wants to spend the evening in Mexicali, and Ray lies that... (full context)

Ray and Beaudry make it to Ohio in no time, barreling through New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois,... (full context)