When Sal began his journey on the road, he was a young writer with nothing to lose. He had no plans set for the future of his life and could do whatever he wanted to. Life had been extremely dull for him in the past and it wasn’t until he met Dean Moriarty when anything drastically changed in his life. Sal begins a journey in which he attempts to become more and more in …showed first 75 words of 887 total…

…showed last 75 words of 887 total…He goes from leading a dreary, depressed life in New Jersey, having absolutely no thought for the future, to being a person with happiness in his life and much promise for the future. In a way, his journeys on the road saved his life. Although good things were seen in the future for Sal, fiction did not turn to reality as Kerouac continued to live a life of despair that eventually led to his death.