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Relationship with women in "On the Road"

Tue, 3 Mar 2009 15:01:11 PST

I am writing a research paper on Kerouac's "On the Road" and am wondering how Dean and Sal's relationship with women ago against the 1950's style. I realize they just drop women but Im just trying to find more. ANYTHINGS HELPFUL! THANKS

what are some differences in style and context between borroughs' naked...

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:45:52 PST

what are some differences in style and context between borroughs' naked lunch and Kerouac's on the road?

What are the most similiar characteristic and most difference between...

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:59:13 PST

What are the most similiar characteristic and most difference between Sal in On the Road and Pip from Great Expectations?

About Dean Moriarty portrait what was the role in the novel and Sal's life?

Sun, 3 Feb 2008 12:00:42 PST

About Dean Moriarty portrait what was the role in the novel and Sal's life?

Indeed that is my next step. Only thing about it is that my time is very...

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 06:14:47 PST

Indeed that is my next step. Only thing about it is that my time is very limited, so I listen on my 40 minute commutes. But I definately think I will discover even more greatness and discover my own voice for Dean when I read it. But for all those who have read please find the Frank Muller version. I have another version waiting for me at the library, I will let you know how it goes.

very interesting comments. I really think you need to read the actual...

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:15:35 PST

very interesting comments. I really think you need to read the actual book now! You're so familar with the language but still might be really surprised by the different experience of reading the book compared to hearing it read. You will find new areas that you love and other parts which are perhaps less exciting then the audio version. Let us know how it goes!

Audio book

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:25:40 PST

I have actually never read on the road however, I have listened to it about 8 times. I am absolutely obsessed with this book, it has changed my life and my mind. I have listened to 3 different narrators. I have one other to listen to but for me the one read by Frank Muller is absolute perfection he nails Dean and the fast, open, jazzy, and melancholic feel of the book. After hearing this one I'm spoiled. I recently listened to the 50th...

Dean Moriarty exemplifies freedom and self-expression and...

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:09:52 PST

Dean Moriarty exemplifies freedom and self-expression and non-conformity, all the things that Sal aspires to emulate. Sal is not alone in his adoration. Dean, and Keroac, became reluctant symbols of the "Beat Generation."

What is it about Dean that Sal is so attracted to?

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:10:40 PST

What is it about Dean that Sal is so attracted to?

I think you may mean the episode in chapter 13 when Sal and Terry have...

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:37:29 PST

I think you may mean the episode in chapter 13 when Sal and Terry have hitch-hiked to Sabinal. They have been trying to find work picking grapes, without success. Sal lies on his back in the town square and repeats over and over to himself 'What'd he do up in Weed?' He's thinking of the 'picture' of Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men', with Burgess Meredith as George. Thus Sal is implicitly linking himself to the itinerant farm worker in Steinbeck's...

In the book On the Road, while picking grapes who does Sal compare...

Thu, 24 May 2007 06:08:56 PST

In the book On the Road, while picking grapes who does Sal compare himself to?

Jack Kerouac chose the themes he wrote about carefully and they...

Mon, 7 May 2007 11:24:54 PST

Jack Kerouac chose the themes he wrote about carefully and they certainly do reflect the time in which he wrote. The theme of rebellion was important to Kerouac because he would have been rebelling against narrow-mindedness and tradition. As a result of the Cold War and more specifically the HUAC (House of Un-American Activities Committee), Kerouac would have rebelling against this committee which used terror and fear to intimidate people...

Why did Jack Kerouac chose the topic and themes of the novel given the...

Mon, 7 May 2007 10:52:27 PST

Why did Jack Kerouac chose the topic and themes of the novel given the Zeitgeist in which the work was created?