After doing my project on the Key Players of the beat generation, this book starts to make me think about everyone during this generation and how every one's lives always intertwined each other.
In the novel, i think a major theme would be similar to the saying "its a small world after all". Everyone who's in the "in" crowd of this beat group always met and had something to do with each other. Even though they are hundreds of miles away, they all still find a way to keep in contact and they seem like they see each other often. Just like when Sal met Dean and Ed. When they saw each other, they really didnt get into a huge fuss about it. It was just like a "hey!!" type of greeting. Its a warmer feeling i guess because now youre not alone in the world.
When Sal was at Bull's house, Bull was coming down pretty harshly on the men. But then he brought up the scene where Dale shot his wife in a motel and left with the cops chasing him. This reminded me of my key player's research where i found a man killing his wife. At this point, i believed that Sal was truly writing this based on a real life journey across the US.
Again the pearl was referenced in the last chapter. I think the pearl is a symbol of America hiding its beauty from the world. Like a treasure that people have to find.
There are certain parts of these chapters that got me confused. Things such as the ghost and the different death stories were confusing me.
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