In
this section of the book, it has dawned on me the Sal may perhaps want to
experience different things and that that is why he may be on the road. For
example, in this part of the book, Sal enjoys being a “husband” and being a
“laborer”. I know that Sal says he is seeking adventure and wilderness, but
honestly, at this point I am simply beginning to think that he just wants to
have experience under his belt. He wants to learn not by way of books or
sitting in a classroom, but by going out and living a little. It would explain
why he has been so impulsive, why he hasn’t settled down, or wanted to for that
matter. Furthermore, with Terrie, he feels what he thinks is love. He genuinely
cares for her and plans to spend at least a part of his life with her, even
going so far as to planning for her to go to New York. In the end though, he
simply forgets about her. As he travels, he is changing whatever experience he
is going through. That time period in San Francisco he began to settle down,
but as he left, he once again longed to experience something else. This led him
to make out with a girl on a bus nonchalantly. I think he doesn’t feel bad
because it’s a different life from the one in San Francisco. Furthermore, I
think part of the reason he misses Dean is because Dean is in a similar
situation. Although perhaps not entirely the same, Dean also acts impulsively,
on whatever whim. It is these kinds of actions that start up another sequence
of Sal’s life, leading me to believe that that is the reason Sal seeks out
Dean. All along I’ve been thinking that Dean took advantage of Sal, but perhaps
Sal takes advantage of Dean’s character as well. Sure, Dean isn’t exactly the
definition of a good friend, but who’s to say that Sal can’t use Dean just like
Dean may have used Sal. I may be entirely off track. What I am saying may have
nothing to do with the story. But from what I know so far, this seems to be a
very possible theory.
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