“Every day I earned approximately a dollar and a half. It was just enough to buy groceries in the evening on the bicycle. The days rolled by. I forgot all about the East and all about Dean and Carlo and the bloody road.” “I was a man of the earth, precisely as I had dreamed I would be, in Paterson” (p. 97)
This quote has led me to believe that Sal was on a trip in search of a reason for living. He quickly falls in love with a young Mexican woman named Terry. The couple attempts to reach New York where they can finally build a stable life together. Several unsuccessful tries to get money leads them back to Terry’s home town where they meet up with Johnny, Terry’s child from her abusive husband. When things don’t go as they plan, Sal is left to work day by day to feed his new family. Here he finally realizes that his dream is set in motion. He found a family who depended on him for companionship, food, protection, and shelter.
Sal worked hard to support his family the best he could, yet he let them go so easily, why?
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