Reaction to First Two Chapters- On the Road Blog- Ciara Keane

In the first two chapters, I got a good idea of the kind of person the narrator is.  Having just broken up with his wife, the narrator is going through a difficult time and Dean is just the right person to get him out of his slump.  Dean is intelligent and eager to take on life, and the narrator is attracted to hos vivacious character.  The narrator wants to be young, wild and free once more, and he tries to live vicariously through Dean while Dean is in New York because this is how the narrator once was in his childhood. The narrator wants excitement in his life and decides to make the move West like his friend Dean did, in hopes of finding a more exciting, promising life.  One could say that the narrator is going through a midlife crisis.  Dean is also an intriguing character, and I cannot blame the narrator for having such a interest in him.  Dean has been in and out of jail, which would leave him labeled as a lost cause in the eyes of many; but Dean has other plans, big plans, for his future.  He wants to become a successful writer with the tongue of an intellect, and nothing is going to get in his way.  I am interested to see where Dean ends up as the story progresses, because his effervescent character shows that he has the potential to do great things.