Part Four: Illustrator

This photogragh can be seen as Sal revisiting the Road again alone, maybe not as literal but hopefully you can get the image.

Part Three: Discussion Director

From Pages: 176-206 :D
 

1.     In Denver, what happens there? With what racial groups does Sal identify?

2.     Sal reaches Dean in Frisco, What are Dean’s conditions, health wise? Life circumstances?

3.     Why does Sal call Dean the “holy Goof”?

4.     How do Dean and Sal spend their Recreational time in Frisco? Example?

Part Two: TravelTracer

v Sal finally completes his novel

v Attends school on the GI Bill

v Christmas time!

v Sal and his aunt visit family in the south

v Lucille a girl Sal has been dating

v Dean and Sal decide to get on the road along with Ed and Marylou

v Rollo Grebintro is introduced to the story: beatnik Scholar

v Sal meets friends in new York

v Old Bull Lee introduced to the story: taking care of Ed’s wife. (Schizophrenic drug addict)

v Head to California

v Arrive to Washington D.C

PartOne: Summarizer

Throughout the beginning of part one, Sal establishes his journey next to Dean and Carlos, they head on the road. Their intention for heading on the road is to head west coast. They establish their travel by hitchhiking and riding buses meeting many people both friendly and wired. Throughout time of the journey, he encounters and revisits several of his long seen friends. One of the many friends Sal meets up with is Remi and lee Ann (a couple that live a very abusive relationship) after a while of staying with them, he decided do stealthy leave. In continuation, on his way to L.A he catches the bus where he encounters a young Mexican girl named, Teresa, or Terry. This little encounter resulted with a relationship, they fell in love. Moreover, they stayed with each other until they arrived to Teresa’s hometown. Once they get there Terry tries to hide Sal from her father since she had a child and a family to care for. As a job, meanwhile, Sal earned the opportunity to work as a cotton picker with Terry and her son helping along. Evidently, the time came to say goodbye to Terry, staying in an agreement to meet each other back in New York. So on his way back to New York, Sal had to hitchhike his way back, just like the way he came to L.A. he tagged along with a man named, Daniel Boone, who believed in controlled starvation for the good health, they both went through starvation. Soon enough he found himself in Times Square back home. With this in mind, the first part of the novel resulted with Sal returning back home.

Lone Wolfin' It 'till the End - Illustrator Part 5

This is how Sal met his end of the story lover, Laura. We were not given many details, but he called up to her window and it all worked out from there.

This picture is meant to represent Dean arriving at Sal's house far before the planned date. His early arrival resulted in Sal not having the money to back to San Francisco with him and a sad departure as Dean had to go back to Frisco alone as Sal already had plans with Remi.

Here are some pictures I have found online that express some of the scenes described in part 5. 

Best I can find. This picture is supposed to represent Sal and his group leaving Dean to go to the opera even though Dean had traveled across the country to come see Sal. Sal didn't have the money to go to San Francisco with Dean and already had plans to go to the opera with Remi.

Work Work Work Work Work Work Work Work Work Work Work Work Work Tracin' The Travels Part 4

Here I will list a number of mentioned locations and provide details on what they are because they may be unfamiliar to some of the group members (although none of them will read the book).

Poughkeepsie - A small city in New York halfway between Albany and NYC. Also known as the "The Queen City of the Hudson."

Vanderwhacker Mount - Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest is actually a conserved 92,000 acre space kept in New York's Adirondack Park.

Kanawha River - Just mentioned in the text like the previous terms, this is a 97 mile long river in West Virginia.

Terre Haute, Indiana - Sal passes by Terre Haute on his way to Denver, picking up Henry Glass, a man who was recently released from prison. Terre Haute is known for its prison and its educational system, being regarded as a college-town for containing universities such as Indiana State University.

Denver, Colorado - Sal parties in Denver with some old friends and meets Dean there. Dean had left New York to take Sal to Mexico from Denver and they end up leaving with Stan to begin their journey.

Five Points, Manhattan - Another place simply mentioned, Five Points was a neighborhood in New York City known for being crime and disease ridden for over 70 years.

Tierra Del Fuego - Spanish for "Land of Fire," Tierra Del Fuego is an area off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland.

Laredo, Texas - The tenth most populous city in Texas, our characters travel there because it sits right on the Rio Grande and must be crossed to get into Mexico.

Castle Rock, Colorado - A town South of Denver, Castle Rock is known for its castle/tower shaped rock formation at the center of town.

Walsenburg, Colorado - A really small town in Colorado only 2.3 miles across and known for being a base of operations for assassin Robert Ford.

Raton, New Mexico - A small town in New Mexico. Not really a point of interest, but Raton means rat en espanol.

Dalhart, Texas - A city in Texas, Dalhart isn't known for much except agriculture and food production.

Sabinas Hidalgo - A city located in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, Sabinas was founded way back in 1693 by General Ignacio de Maya.

Mexico City - Towards the end of part four Sal, Dean, and Stan finally arrive in Mexico City. Mexico City is the capital of Mexico and the largest and most prolific of all Mexico's cities.

Am I allowed to say group projects SUCK? - Researcher Part 3

Here's a few terms and names that I found and decided to provide details for in order to better help my group understand part 3 (which they will never read):

tenorman (162) - One who plays the tenor saxophone.

horn man (166) - Some type of musician, impossible to google.

Fleming's Juice (153) - Also impossible to google but from the context I can infer it is some type of medicinal remedy.

jalopy (177) - On old, beat up car, often used in racing during On The Road's time period.

Prince of Dharma (184) - Bold and glorious rendering of the life of Buddha.

Aquinas (187) - Allusion to Thomas Aquinas, an Italian theologian of the Catholic church who apparently tried to philosophically prove God's assistance in the 13th century. Who challenged God's existence back than?

heifer ( 187) - Young cow that hasn't had a baby yet.

passel (192) - A large group of something. Probably not the terminology Jack Kerouac was using but he uses a lot of ungoogleable terminology that sounds half made up anyway so...

virile (197) - Characterized by strength and energy. SAT term yo!

George Shearing (200) - A real man who actually became a world famous jazz pianist. With the skills described in the book, I am not surprised!

chagrin (200) - A keen feeling of mental unease (commonly annoyance or embarrassment). Pretty sure this is an SAT term as well.

Skid Row (201) - A shabby ghetto in Los Angeles. Known for containing a very large amount of homeless people. As he is in Chicago when using the term, he is likely talking about an area in Chicago that has a lot of homeless people as well and is not looking too good.