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On the Road : Themes (A journey through the author's identity…

- - - - reflects his use of stream of counsciousness, which allows him to explore the reality of his identity
      - the idea of the flow echoes the way he constantly links his literature with jazz music
      - created a myth arround the writing process of his book, not only through its form (the scroll) but also through its writing, which, he says was completed in only three weeks, using benzedrine
    - - Contrast between his interior monologue and the way he casually adressed the reader
      - contrast between the published book and the lack of explanations about its characters
- - - - critic of 'the arty types', considered as superficial, and compared to vampires ('sucking up its blood 'of America')
      - The Beatniks : not concerned with this superficiliaty, but with their quest for a deeper meaning
- - - - 'Sat on the bed crossed legged'
        --> spiritual pose
      - 'began with an abstract thought... discussed it'
      - Sal remains an observer : p.44 'I just don't know what you're both driving at'
        --> can't reach their level of madness
        --> observer : the role of the writer
  - - - A way to fight order, joining the prisoners in a drunken riot
      - A way to make a statement about heir identity as Beatniks: clear opposition through the lexical field
        
        GUARDS
        
        enforce laws
        
        reprimand
        
        strict rules
        
        make arrests
        
        SAL AND REMI
        
        steal
        
        gamble
        
        join the riot
        
        drink
- - - - 'twinge of hard joy'
        --> sexual attraction
        'she insisted on visiting an old church' + mother
        --> back to reality
    - - 'Boys and girls in America have such a sad time together' ; ''Sophistication demands that they submit to sex immediately without real straight talk about souls.'
  - - - 'his whole being and purpose was pointed at the blond'
        --> the apearance reimplaces a name
        --> phallic lexical field : women are only a tool to enhance sexuality
        --> antithesis : the masculine figure has an existence ('being') and a 'purpose' ; the woman is ony her hair.