Small Piece of Peace

I see your point Mona and I completely agree with your thoughts. Due to Sal's lack of confidence and Dean's lack of self-control, they will both find themselves caught up with the consequences of their actions soon enough. The way I think about how Sal should have handled the whole ordeal from the get-go though, is a whole different story. Almost everyone works to reach some form of peace in their life and many never find it but, most of the time that is because they aren't looking in the right places. Sal, like any other person is searching for that small portion of peace I was talking about earlier. His take on it is that he must move West, were he has never been before, because it is unexplored territory for him and his most recent location (East) has only lead to extreme depression. Now, from the experiences that Jack tells us about in the story show that Sal thinks he is on the right path but, in the back of his mind I believe that he is still skeptical about his journey with Dean. If I were Sal, I would first have considered the possibility that the peace that I seek might actually be not that far from home and look more closely at the environment that surrounded me. Most of the time, the things were are searching for are actually right under our noses. For example, in the story The Alchemist, Santiago, the main character, is first introduced when awakens in an abandoned church that has a hole in the ceiling. Afterwards, Santiago goes on a journey that takes him from his home in Spain and across the Middle East to find the Alchemist who is suppose to tell Santiago where the treasure of the universe hides. In the end, Santiago realizes the answer and returns to the church from the beginning of the story and digs up the treasure while laughing. So, a lesson that is taught from this story is that our most wanted desires are closer than we think. Therefore, I believe Sal should look closer to home rather than going off searching in an area he has never been to before.