Response to Emily

I agree that both side of The United States have different "personalities" but I believe that the East represents stability and responsibility while the West represents madness and adventure. I also agree that the further West Sal goes, the more you realize that he will always want the same friends and comfort that he got from home and that home does, in a way, follow him. However, the further and further Sal leaves the East, the crazier the people get. Yes, they all do serve the same position that those back at home might have, but they are all mad. It's already been made clear that Sal has a liking towards mad people so I believe he wants the same feel that home gave him but with more childish characters surrounding him. The farther West he travels, the closer, I think, he will get to that goal. So far it hasn't been working out from him though. He started off with a home and a normal life and now he's living off barely anything and his mothers kindness.