Jack Kerouac
seems to continually talk about through the narration of life on the road as
something better and more excited then a stable lifestyle. He uses Dean and Sal
as the vessels to exult the party lifestyle. The final thesis that I choose
was: Jack Kerouac emphasis the unstable and abusive
relationships between Sal’s and Dean and their respective female partners to
glorify the irresponsible lifestyle of the “road”.
I.
Lifestyle of “The Road” requires Men who are not
attached or can easily detach themselves from women.
a.
Sal leaving Terry for no reason
i.
Sal detaches himself merely because he lost
interest in working hard for a relationship.
ii.
Removes himself from Terry’s child life easily,
even though he had become almost a father figure to him.
b.
Eddie uses his wife for money and then ditches
her when she runs out.
II.
Dean emphasis who live the bachelor lifestyle
are cheaters
a.
Dean cheating on Mary Lou with Camille
i.
Sal and Carlo idealize the fact Dean is able to
balance two beautiful women.
ii.
Emotionally abusive to both woman by cheating on
them yet still believing that they could love him. Glorifying the promiscuous lifestyle.
b.
Dean Cheating on Camille with Inez
III.
To glorify the “road” lifestyle, Kerouac shows
that people can shirk their irresponsibility without any consequences
a.
Dean abandons his daughter and wife, yet Mary
Lou takes him back
i.
Dean beats Marylou, and has a child with another
woman, and yet he suffers no punishment and faces no sort of justice.
ii.
Mary lou tries to punish him by sleeping with
his best friends, Sal. She then teases him and abandons him as well.
b.
Dean cannot afford to pay child support money,
yet Camille takes him back
IV.
Kerouac shows that as long as you are
interesting, you can keep loyalty
a.
Dean ditches Sal in Mexico, and still Sal looks
upon him fondly
b.
Sal cheats on Marylou hundreds of times and yet
she continues to love him.
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