On the Road Part 2

“This was the new and complete Dean, grown to maturity. I said to myself, My God, he’s changed. Fury spat out of his eyes when he told us of things he hated; great glows of joy replaced this when he suddenly got happy; every muscle twitched to live and go.” (p.113)

Has Dean really changed? Is Sal just saying this because he idolizes Dean’s passion for living and sees him in such a high regard that he wants to see growth and maturity and maybe even wisdom in Dean? Has much changed for Dean since Sal has met him (he is back with Marylou, unsettled, on the road, wandering the country, ready to take off at any moment without an obvious purpose or final destination)? What do you think?

Submitted by AlisaBerkovich on Thu, 2005-09-22 16:28