Sunday, January 31, 2010

On The Road Ch. 4-10

Pg. 26 "...a railroad Hassel, a traveling epic Hassel, crossing and recrossing the country every year, south in the winter and north in the summer, and only because he had no place he could stay in without getting tired of it and because there was nowhere to go but everywhere, keep rolling under the stars, generally the Western stars."

Although he is talking about a hobo, he describes it as having the freedom to travel anywhere you want. You stay in motion and keep moving without ever stopping in one location for too long. There's "everywhere" to go because there's so much more to see. Just go whereever the path takes you.

Later on after Sal gets to Denver, he quickly becomes tired of it and wants to head to San Francisco. This shows that he wants to keep moving. At first, he is having fun and enjoying his time, but he realizes that he's had enough of Denver. He was there long enough to satisfy himself and now wants to move on to find more satisfaction in other places.

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