THE END

this being the second time i read this book, i was bracing myself for Dean and Sal's split, but still it hit me like a brick wall. it's never been a shock, because, the book had to end somewhere, but the mood and pace of the writing just seems off. somehow, without saying it keroac makes me feel so sad, i feel like dean was cut off from his last shred of himself, of his grounding. suddenly, dean is alone in the middle of the road. Sal left him like eddy left sal in the first part of the book. it was one of the most profoundly sad endings that didn'y make me cry. just a hollow feeling.