Answer to Emily's Post

Like Emily said, Sal seems to be looking for perfection, but I think he is looking for complete life perfection, not just love. I think Sal is wandering the states in hope of finding a lifestyle that fits him, a place where he can party, drink, sleep with women, and still have a life in which he can write and do whatever he is passionate about. I also thinks he is looking for the right friend to do this with. He likes trouble, but in the end regrets it and prefers to avoid it. This is were Dean can come into play. Sal admires Dean so much and maybe he is just wanting to prove to himself that Dean is the friend he wants to be there for this lifestyle. Dean is the man Sal wants as his right hand man as he wants to be Dean's. Like Emily's comparison of his trip like an actual road, Sal is waiting for the right time and place to make that turn into another road and start living how he wants to with who he wants to.