I believe that these 2 sentences describe Steinbeck's feelings about a journey very well. He, like Kerouac describes a journey as something you cant control and that you encounter many different situations on the way even though you think you have a "plan". I find it interesting that he compares it to a marriage because like a journey a marriage is unpredictable and there are many things that a husband and wife/traveler and the road must go through to "survive".
On page 767 he states "We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us." I I find that this quote helps to explain his comparison of the road to marriage because everything is unpredictable. You can plan and hope for the best with no troubles but there will always be obstacles that you must fight through to make it and call both successful. Along the way you find out many more things about yourself and your partner(in a marriage), which if you hadn't gotten to experience the journey, you might never have been exposed to and learned about.
Do you think that this narrator is going to learn more about himself than Sal on his trip because he has his own form of transportation, or do you think that this greatly hinders his spontaneity and experience?
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