Sal, Dean, and the rest of the crew head back out on the
road in this section, and it reminds me of the times they had in the beginning
of the book. I now have a better
understanding of the Beat generation from Sal’s memories, and how important it
was for them to keep moving. I guess the
purpose of them moving was to ultimately find their purpose, but I am starting
to think their purpose was to keep
moving. Even when Sal’s life seems to be
moving in what society would call the right direction, he ends up packing up
and going out on the road again. He
tells his aunt that he’ll only be gone for two weeks and that he’ll be back in
time to start school, but I don’t find that likely, especially when Dean is
involved. The beat generation is known
for taking the road less traveled, not the path of school, work, and a life
settled down.
Dean is even more frenzied than he was in the beginning of
the book. It does not seem to worry Sal,
but I am a little concerned about where his psychotic behavior will bring Sal. Sal will follow Dean around like a lost puppy
wherever he goes, and Dean’s behavior is becoming more and more
unpredictable. Bull put it best: Dean’s
fate is “compulsive psychosis dashed with a jigger of psychopathic
irresponsibility and violence.” Bull
tries to convince Sal to stay in New Orleans with him so that he doesn’t get
even more caught up in Dean’s vortex of trouble, but Sal doesn’t even comment
on it. Sal love the life he lives when
he’s with Dean, and I am not sure what it will take for Sal to finally break
his ties with Dean. I imagine Dean will
get into some kind of trouble at some point in the book that will prevent the
continuation of their friendship; otherwise, I don’t see Sal leaving Dean’s
side any time soon.
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