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On the Road | Part Two, Chapters 7-9: Summary and Analysis
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Alfred: a young, crippled hitchhiker
Hal Hingham: Sal’s friend in Tucson who loans him money
Okie Country Singer: a hitchhiker from Bakersfield
Summary
Sal wakes up to find Bull and Dean pulling nails from an old and rotten piece of wood. Bull wants to use the nails to build a shelf that will last forever. Bull is a great believer in building solid things. He shows off a table he built, a part of fence, and an “orgone accumulator” which is a device designed to collect orgones from the atmosphere. Sal notes that Bull is...
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