about lust, envy, and greed. It deals with the adventures of one young man, who is

searching for a meaning in life and realizes that he knew what it was all along. All he

wanted was a vacation away from school, but what he got was more than what he

On The Road, takes place in the late 1940's and deals with the agonies and

frustrations of hitch-hiking all throughout America , making new friends, new lovers,

and ultimately having to leave them. For Sal Paradise this became a way of life. Sal is

a guy who just wants to explore the world and live every minute of his life to the

fullest. He wants to seize the day without having anyone interfere. Sal finds himself

sleeping around with many of the local prostitutes and thinks he is in love, when

in reality he is just having meaningless sex. He falls in love with a beautiful mexican

girl that he truly cares for, but he soon leaves her like he does all the others. Sal

learns a lot about himself and lessons about the world around him that help him on

The setting plays a big part in this novel. On

Marylou are in a hotel alone and the tention builds up between them. Both of them

him. He is his own boss. Another theme is to make your own happiness.

Sal seem to have not only outer conflict, but also inner conflict. He has trouble

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Approximate Word count = 1791
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)