Generations

      In my earlier posts I wrote about how I had expected Sal to change, but when I wrote that I had thought he was going to change into a person excited by he saw  and experienced or at least some what optimist about America in general. I never thought he would be become the person we see now. 

      The fact that he thinks his life would be better as a minority such as an African American or Japanese American make shim appear very ignorant to me.it is a classic case of white guilt, that because be has been given opportunities that are not given to others means that he therefore has to hate himself. And that brings me to my next point. In the beginning of part three it because very apparent how much Sal hates himself. He has finally started to develop as character, which is what I have spent the entire novel asking him to do, so why does the Sal I see right now make me sad?

      Although On the Road makes me depressed, I think it is a very good representation of what many young adults go through. We grow up being told who we are supposed to be and that this way of living is supposed to make us happy. That if we grow up under the older generations  rules follow their plans and become a contributing member of society, we are supposed to be happy. But I honestly don't know that many adults who are not just living and working to pay off the mortgage  and are not cynical about the world around them, even though they fit the classic mold of what we were told growing up is correct. I think Sal and Dean are trying to escape that, and I do find that honorable and understandable. They are also trying to not worry about life which is very different from most of my generation. I constantly hear throughout Gulliver's halls how someone is never going to get into college. Sal tries very hard to avoid all deep emotions, which is a nice break from all other pieces if literature. 

      If there is one thing I can report on that makes me happy is that he has started to gain some respect for women. Hallelujah to that too, I was starting to get upset He finally feels bad for Camille because of the way Dean treats and has treated her.