ON THE ROAD part I

Today, I'm going to break you up into groups and I want you to outline part I.  Remember to connect part one to a major theme and begin to think about On the Road as having three moments.  

Think about traditional plot.  How would this novel fit a traditional plot scheme?  What is the conflict in this book?  

I also want you to think about how you would compare On the Road with Huckleberry Finn.  These are two texts that are normally talked about and compared to each other.

 Remember - you need to read to page 120 for tonight. 

NOTES FROM YESTERDAY

PART I:

Sal Paradise – main character, protagonist, narrator.  Book starts after his breaks up with his wife.  He is a writer.  Lives in New York with his Aunt.

Dean Moriarty – con man, hustler, spent time in reform schools, born on the road, father was a hobo.  The catalyst for Sal’s adventures.

MaryLou – Dean’s 1^st wife.  Doesn’t want to be with Dean, but at the same time wants to be with him.  By the time Sal gets to Denver she and Dean are getting a divorce. 

1^st section of this book deals with Paradise travelling and hitchhiking to Denver, and then from Denver going to San Francisco.

Rides:

a)    Flat bed truck

b)    Eddie

c)    The old woman who lets him drive

d)   Truck drivers

He hangs out in Chicago, sees the Mississippi, and talks, drinks with other men on the road (particularly in the flat bed truck).

Jazz – bebop: Charlie Parker, Miles Davis. 

Denver:

Chad King – more serious, and appears to be an artist, but respectable.

Carlo Marx – poet, person who spends lots of time with Dean talking, and maybe helping his learn to write.

Camille – mistress of Dean, doesn’t like Carlo, blonde.  Grad students. 

San Francisco:

Sal lives and works with Remi as a security guard.  Remi steals food using a Truman quote.

Remi – Sal knows Remi from Prep School.