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.
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