White hat/Black hat Page Fifteen

"You need a white hat or a black hat book?"
"Hats?" said Will.
"Well Jim-" they perambulated, Dad running his fingers along the book spines. "He wears the black ten-gallon hats and reads books to fit. Middle name's Moriarty, right Jim? Any day now, he'll move up from Fu Manchu to Machiavelli here- medium-sized dark-fedora. Or over along to Dr. Faustus- extra large black stetson. That leaves white-hat boys to you, Will. Here's Gandhi. Next door is St. Thomas. And on the next level, well...Buddha."

This is by far my favorite part of the book so far. I know I've talked about it before but now, more in depth sort of.  What Charles Halloway means by white hats is people who tend to lean more towards the factual, peaceful, moderately exciting books and stories. (There's nothing wrong with this despite how it might sound when I try to put it into words). Black hat means people who are prone to adventure and attracted by the mystical, dangerous, and sometimes slightly mad aspects of stories. True, he describes them as specifically types of books but you can really widen it to people you know or narrow it to characters in books. I can safely say that this book is a black hat book that I am very much enjoying as of now.