2007-06-16 17:02:00 · 4 answers · asked by triminman 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
the early part of your youth, as the sun rises from the east and a new day begins through the east going westward on our planet.
Hope this helps.
2007-06-16 17:08:34 · answer #1 · answered by ROSE 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It must and will mean either of the two answers you have already received. Either early in your youth or past your youth. But, you can only tell from the larger context the quote is taken from.
Jack Kerouac actually wrote the phrase you refer to in the following passage from ON THE ROAD:
"I woke up as the sun was reddening; and that was the one distinct time in my life, the strangest moment of all, when I didn't know who I was...I was halfway across American, at the dividing line between the East of my youth and the West of my future, and maybe that's why it happened right there and then, that strange red afternoon."
In real life Kerouac is aging as he writes this work. And, he is describing a realization of some new profound understanding about life. So, in this particular context, the "East of my youth" is a reference to the fact he is getting old.
2007-06-16 20:16:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok east of my youth means older, perhaps an older person told you that saying or something ..Not young anymore..You know West is left and East is right so...It means old...
2007-06-16 17:13:24 · answer #3 · answered by Jasmine B 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Past your youth. Away from your youth. Your youth is "at" point X and you are at point Z, east of point X. I assume this is what it means, as I haven't really heard it before.
Hope this helps! ;-)
2007-06-16 17:08:09 · answer #4 · answered by MW 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋