Response

     I agree with Anike, Sal has not changed, Sal does seem like the same guy from the beginning of the novel. He’s been through so many new experiences and meet so many new people and yet they are all just memories. He has not put them to use and seems unaffected by his experiences. I also feel like Anike, frustrated by Sal’s inability to do anything with his time spent away. Sal has been a man of contradictions, he is actually the opposite of everything that people perceive him to be.  Sal is regarded by all who know him as a good friend but Remi was terrified that he would steal his girlfriend. He also destroyed Remi’s dinner with his stepfather by getting drunk and making a fool out of himself. Sal is said to be a good guy but he ditches Terry without saying goodbye to be with another women on the road. He is said to be talented by he lacks the ability to write under difficult circumstances and every time he presents his work it is rejected by professionals. People say that he’s hard working, but he has shirked every responsibility, as Anike has said. He seems to be incapable of making up for his mistakes. People seem to be very generous when it comes to interpreting his personality and attributing positive traits to him. Sal does not even seem to have good intentions. I am not sure what to make of him at this point.