Like Gabe, I find it interesting how Sal has two completely different group of friends. I'm not sure that Sal belongs more with Dean and Carlo, however. He definitely likes being with the two more than with Major, and while he strives to be as impulsive as them, the two don't seem to include Sal as one of them. For example, they somewhat exclude him from their heart-to-hearts. However, I also agree with Gabe that Major is condescending and Sal is definitely just putting up with him due to their joint living. And while Sal hasn't been pretentious like Major, they must have been friends before because they shared something in common with each other, something that perhaps doesn't exist anymore. Major is an author, just like Sal, and they may have become friends when Sal was his prior calm, complacent self.
I also thought that Gabe's comment that "Dean's lifestyle indicative of what was to come" is fairly accurate. Sal likes Dean's lifestyle precisely because it is a novel one, one that crosses the boundaries of Eastern living but normal in that of the expanding West.
And just as Gabe said, Sal seems to want to follow Dean's lifestyle. He is intent of being carefree like Dean and ironically, turns down the job. The only reason Dean tolerates Sal is so he can benefit off Sal’s job, yet Sal turns it down precisely because of his desire to be like Dean.
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