Please use this blog to post your comments, reflections, responses, questions and ideas for each other, the class and me on On The Road by Jack Kerouac. If you are part of the Road group, please post daily, according to the reading scheduled you've devised. Have fun, challenge yourselves and others and enjoy.

Monday, October 24, 2011

On the Road Blog 4

The first real scene before going on the road is back home in Denver in a grimy basement with old furniture. It is the summer time, it is humid, and dusty lighting. And all the friends are hanging out on an old couch. This scene really caught my eye because it was the first scene where these people were together with nothing but themselves and nothing to worry about. You see how each character acts in their own atmosphere. The relationships between these people really stick out. In the basement there is Sal, Dean, Marylou.
I think the one reason why I enjoy this short scene so much is because you see all the main characters in real life. Without any "distractions" or weird situations. This scene, to me, is really important to the story. The difference between life before being on the road, and life on the road seems to be incredibly different.

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