Society is continually evolving, yet human nature remains

constant. Over time, new technologies have served to

dramatically alter society, but the needs and desires of

individuals within that society have remained the same. The

most basic of these needs is the compulsion to find one's

place within society. There comes a time in everyone's life

at which it becomes necessary to define their role in the

world. To determine this role, each person must at some

point set out upon a journey. The journey need not be a

physical journey as it is in Kerouac's On the Road, but like

the novel the journey must fulfill one's spiritual needs.

It is only when one understands themselves that they may

function within society. A journey is nothing more than a

passage from one place to another. It is only when one is

critically conscious of the journey that they may truly

In the past 50 years the changes underwent by society

have been immense. As technology has undergone significant

advancements, society has changed to adapt. Breakthroughs

in technology such as the widespread use of television,

computers, and the Internet have signif

Paradise and Dean Moriarty discover themselves a little more

the United States. In 1998 the index crime rate was

truly is. This, after all, is the reason for embarking on

journey does not go as well as expected at first, but he

Road, much in the same way that the journey is a central

one on which he makes a conscious effort to observe the

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