"And here I am in Colorado! I kept thinking gleefully. Damn! damn! damn! I'm making it! And after a refreshing sleep filled with cobwebby dreams of my past life in the East I got up, washed in the station men's room, and strode off, fit and slick as a fiddle, and got me a rich thick milkshake at the roadhouse to put some freeze in my hot, tormented stomach." --Pg. 35
After being tempted several times on the road to stops other then Denver, the reader is able to grasp Sal's excitement as he finally reaches his first marked destination on the road. Sal seemed to be a character that was easily persuaded by others while on the road; rarely displaying thoughts for his own self interest. It seems as though Sal is finding himself through his journey on the road as we first come to see him displaying a sense of self confidence ("I'm making it"). There still seems to be parts of his past that he will never be able to break from as he wakes from "sleep filled with cobwebby dreams of [his] past life in the East". With the sites and sounds that Sal has seen so far on the raod, the transformation process from the feelings that everything is dead is slowly starting to become distant.
Dean seems to be a character that is very concerned with his own self interest as he lives off a schedule. We have already seen that there is a definite split up in "the gang" with two sides: Chad King, Tim Gray, and Roland Major, while on the other side Dean Moriarty and Carlo Marx. Which side do you see Sal siding with, or will he be the buffer of the gang?
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Everything seems to be coming together for Sal. He just got off of the "greatest ride in [his] life" which he shared with some very interesting characters whom he learned alot from. He is not alone on the road, many others are looking for something as well may it be work, running from the law, or finding peace of mind. He was very generous buying people cigarettes and sharing his whiskey but he found a good time in return and felt good about himself. He learned he could find friends in places you'd never expect and he was "sad to see them go" and as they rode off into the night realized he would "never see any of them again". He meets a "very beautiful colorado gal" as he's getting his milkshake to cool him down and it seems that life can't get any better, even in the situation he's in with no money and far from home. He wonders "What'll Denver be like!?" and thats the question I'm asking as well. Will it live up to the potential that he's built up in his mind or will he be dissapointed and wish he continued west with the crowd he became friends with?
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