On the Road Blog 3

One of the bests parts about On The Road is the writing. Sal is a writer to begin with. But when he starts on the road it's like he and his writing transform. Every experience is described down to the littlest detail and you can really put yourself into part of his story. My favorite thing is when Sal writes about the people he meets. The way he describes them, it is almost like they are standing right in front of you. He will give you the most important and meaningful information about a person he meets in the story. But, never will he say anything negative about them. I really appreciate how Sal will always record the people he meets along his way. He will write down however he saw them, and how they appeared to him without judging them at all. Hence all the different people he has relationships with. He in incredibly easy to get along with. Also, my favorite part from the book is when Sal writes about one of his firsts nights on the road. He mentions the sunset of one night. To me, it was the first time you really see Sal out of his element. Like when a child gets candy for the first time. Sal describes the sky like nothing he had ever experienced. Throughout the book Sal has many moments with nature. For him, seeing that much of the world is something he will never forget. He mentions how the things he sees on his trip will always be remembered and looked back upon. I find it interesting how the people that he met did not have the same effect on him. Even his moments with Dean were never recorded with such love and compassion as Sal's experiences with nature.