Juan Pino - extended outline

Kafka’s Pillars in On the Road

1. Through his work Kafka meticulously developed his ideas concerning society and its system. 
1. Kafka’s reasoning for the way society works narrows down to three separate institutions: church, state, and family. 
1. Discuss idea that institutions are separate
2. Discuss how institutions are connected
1. contradict each other
2. work off of each other
2. The church aspect of Kafka’s theory
1. Provide real life examples to clarify
3. State aspect of Kafka’s theory
1. Provide real life examples to clarify
4. Family aspect of Kafka’s theory
1. provide real life examples to clarify
2. Presence of Church
1. Discuss forms of church - nontraditional
1. Sal’s spirituality - thoughts
2. Dean’s spirituality - using drugs to achieve insight
3. How their actions are affected by it
3. Presence of Family
1. Define family
2. Social interactions evolving into family
3. Discuss Sal’s experiences with his ever changing family
1. Terry
2. Remi Boncoeur 
3. Dean
4. Presence of State
1. Discuss the government in on the road
1. how it is portrayed
2. how sal and the others rebel/protest against
1. the idea of government
2. Acceptable social behavior