Third post

Since we understand the notion that Sal and Dean are attempting to escape life, we begin to analyze what is it about life that seems to be so unattractive to these two. Evidently, as any human would, Sal and Dean seem to be running from something that must have hurt them in the past. Such a thing could be classified as an event, situation, or problem that they both faced and could not overcome and, in the end, they were probably outdone by the something that was causing them grief and despair. Individually, the reader knows that Sal has faced a nasty divorce which has left him scarred, so scarred that he was too afraid to ever settle down again due to his fear of heart break. On the topic of Dean’s past, it is not as clear as to what causes Dean to hate the idea of settling down as much as Sal but there are several clues that help shed some light for the reader. It is not as obvious for the reader however to piece together the reasons as to why Dean would be terrified at settling down in one spot. There are several clues though, that help identify the problem that Dean sees with relating to time during a journey; Dean has his own philosophy behind the concept of time: “They have worries, they're counting the miles, they're thinking about where to sleep tonight, how much money for gas, the weather, how they'll get there — and all the time they'll get there anyway, you see. But they need to worry and betray time with urgencies false and otherwise, purely anxious and whiny, their souls really won't be at peace until they can latch on to an established and proven worry and having once found it they assume facial expressions to fit and go with it, which is, you see, unhappiness, and all the time it all flits by them and they know it and that too worries them no end.” When one worries about time during their pilgrimage, they seem to forget what really matters which is for them to enjoy the trip itself and not stress themselves out about the tiniest things. However, if you already know that your pilgrimage is to come to an end, then you must build a schedule around that time interval in order to do everything you want to do within those limits. However, if you continue to run along this road without thinking of ending, then you can forget about the stressful factors that come with time and you can do everything that you wanted to do without feeling the pain of worry.