On the Road Chapter 8 - Chapter 11

Sort of happy this book is over yet i want to read part 3.

So basically, this whole section was about Sal going to Cali again. Him, Dean and Marylou set off on the road again. They start out with the little money that Sal had. When they ran out they had to pick up hitchhikers. The hitchhikers themselves had little to no money. But the interesting thing was that everyone was heading home while these three were heading out. They picked up two guys. The first one was going to his aunt's grocery store which is a sign that he is returning to his family. Then they picked up a musician who was also returning home. He had lost his guitar and most likely his "American Dream". This was just interesting because people are now starting to go home and these guys are going out.

Sal again is being used. Marylou is now using him to get closer to Dean. Marylou thinks that Dean is not in love with her so she uses Sal to try and get closer to him. After being dumped on the streets without any money or a place to stay, Sal finds that Marylou left him to go with a wealthier man. He finally figures out that before on the trip, she was only flirting with him for no reason. I think that Sal is really gullible and that this will continue to happen. Sal thought that Marylou actually liked him but he was obviously mistaken. Sal puts his emotions on his sleeve too much. This makes him really easy to be used by others. Like even the road trip i thought that he was being used for his money. Dean was broke and Bull would not let Dead borrow any money so for Dean to get back to his family, he had to use Sal's GI money.

Stopping at pt2 makes me feel like undone. There is no ending to this novel and there is a feeling of incompletion. I should read PT 3 on my own. I really enjoy this book because there is a surreal feeling to it. When im going on a road trip i feel really free and like the road is limitless. Theres a really nice feeling to the freedom.