We have finally learned the narrator's name which I am quite excited about. I wonder why the author waited for Chad's mom to reveal "Sal" to us and if it had any meaning because to me it just seems random. These two chapters were particularly short, but I found them interesting and I am starting to understand and relate to Sal. He is young and stupid, and has every right to do the stupid things he is doing. He needs to party and get all of that out of his system because everyone has to go through that phase to grow up and I think a big part of his journey is him growing up.
"I was getting drunk and didn't care; everything was fine," is a concise summary of chapter 5. When he writes the Mexican lady a love note and spends all his money and follows the little blonde girl, it is all real and amazing because it is so relatable. There is something so magical about meeting someone you know you will never see again and right now that is pretty much Sal's life, so good for him. I found his conversation with the blonde girl interesting when she wants to go to New York but he says nothing is there; it just shows how the grass is not really greener on the other side and we are all just chasing new things in life. Something else about Chapter 5 I found interesting was how he mentions the Indians he sees everywhere. I found it interesting because we really do not think of Indians as a part of our society anymore but back then I guess they were a large minority in this country.
Chapter 6 is his arrival in Denver, which starts out to be pretty disappointing. Sal's expectations to have fun with his gang are quickly interrupted when he finds out Chad has distanced himself from the group. Since he is staying with Chad he cannot do anything about the situation but I can tell the whole time he just wants to see his other friends. Apparently a lot has happened since he last talked to his friends and I wonder what happens when they are all reunited. Will it be exciting and fun as Sal is hoping, or awkward and disappointing?
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