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On the Road | Part Three: Chapters 6 – 8: Summary and Analysis

New Character:
Slim Gaillard: a jazz musician

Summary
In San Francisco, stranded without money, Sal and Marylou scrounge around for food and a place to live. Marylou knows the manager of a cheap hotel where they rent a room on credit. At first Sal is excited at the prospect of spending time alone with Marylou, but he soon realizes that she has no real interest in him. She only uses him to make Dean jealous.

After living together for a few days, Marylou deserts Sal one night and goes off with a nightclub owner. She sees Sal standing in a doorway...



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