To tell you the truth I am not
completely engaged in this reading, which is a first all year. I loved Atlas
Shrugged, the Calvino stories, and The Stranger, but for some reason this book
is not clicking with me yet. I do not feel compelled to keep reading and find
out what happens it is more of a routinely “get these two chapters done and
write what I feel about it”. The book is an easy read and I do not find it
boring, it’s just kind of whatever to me right now. Hopefully it will pick up.
I was really surprised to see Sal
go on a trip without Dean. The entire time he’s been thinking about finally
meeting up with Dean and now he is voluntarily going on a trip without him. I
think he is beginning to realize how left out he truly is when it comes to Dean
and Carlo. They just go with the flow and do not pay attention to anything
else. Sal desperately wants to go with “their” flow and get their attention.
Maybe he is feeling a little discouraged because he is not clicking with them
like he wanted to and that’s why he makes the trip.
I would like to see something
serious happen with Sal, either good or bad. I feel like the audience is still
waiting for him to live his own adventure, because frankly the most interesting
parts of the book are watching other people live their own crazy lives, like
Dean. The marking of the new generation of kids “on the road” is what this book
is all about, but Sal is just trying too hard.
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