back roads‚ tiny hamlets and big cities of post-World War II America. This became the critically acclaimed novel‚ On the Road. At the center are two young men‚ Sal Paradise (Kerouac)‚ a college student‚ and an unpublished writer from New Jersey‚ and Dean Moriarty (Neal Cassady)‚ a philosophizing‚ womanizer-car-thief from Colorado who wants to become a writer under the tutelage of Paradise. Kerouac’s novel has been described as his love letter to America. Critics have hailed it as the definitive work
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In Jack Kerouac’s novel On the Road‚ the narrator‚ Sal Paradise offers up to us what seems to be a very optimistic view on life. He is forever singing the praises of how wonderful his adventures will be and his high expectations for the future. To Sal‚ the novel is defined by youthful exuberance and unabashed optimism for the new experiences that he sets out to find. A deeper look into the novel‚ as well as a look at some of the critics who have written on it‚ reveals a much darker side‚ a more
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brother‚ Dean; I had a favorite uncle‚ as we all seem to have at one point in our lives. Since Uncle Dean was the youngest‚ I looked at him as the coolest out of the myriad of older relatives. He often bought me ice cream sundaes and showered me with aimless jokes and "piggy-back" rides. Most of the time spent visiting my father on weekends‚ was actually spent wrestling with Uncle Dean or playing video games until the break of daylight. I looked forward weekends‚ because that meant "Uncle Dean Time"
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Raising revenue for a political campaign is one of the biggest hurdles the candidates have to overcome in order to make a successful political run. We saw this when Howard Dean initially soared to fame as the result of grass roots Internet donations filling his coffers. Yet technology was also Dean’s downfall‚ as the result of the "Dean Scream" video getting excessive play time on the Internet and other broadcast media outlets. The recorded spectacle is said to be what led voters to abandon this overzealous
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Jack Kerouac‚ Dean Moriarty is an example of one of these morally ambiguous characters. He has many traits that seem dispicable to the reader‚ but there is also proof that he has exceptional characteristics as well-such as his friendship with Sal and the others. Dean Moriarty can be shown as a morally ambiguous character through his nature and actions throughout the course of the novel. First and foremost‚ Dean is Sal’s friend‚ to the point where it becomes almost unnatural. Dean is the main reason
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Michael Prather 12/4/08 Essay #2 The Objectification of Women in “On the Road” A Feminist Criticism In On the Road there is an ever-present objectification of women. As a result‚ the woman loses her human qualities and can be compared to an inanimate object. There are several ways in which this objectification takes form in the novel. It is achieved through the act of gazing at women. The woman can also be used as a means to achieve something else‚ in this case sensual pleasure. Since the culture
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I don’t have anything to write. so I’m just wasting space. I like supernatural. Supernatural is nice. I like Dean. Jensen Ackles is pretty Misha collins is pretty funny. I ship them together. Well‚ not them. I ship their characters. Dean and Castiel. I ship Destiel. It’s my OTP. Well‚ it’s my otp right after FRUK. Fruk is a pairing from hetalia which involves France and England. I like how dysfunctional they are. It makes me happy. I admit that your powers of retention are as wet as a warthogs
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Maple & Vine Response Paper: Happiness and Modern Technology Despite rapid development of modern technology and increase in social tolerance of historically marginalized groups‚ only 55 percent of the US population consider themselves very happy‚ which is merely a 2 percent increase from 1956 when 53 percent of the nation described their life as very satisfying‚ according to Gallup. In the play Maple and Vine‚ Jordan Harrison questions the relationship between happiness and technological advancement
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talented actors‚ Paul Newman‚ James Dean‚ and Marilyn Monroe have helped to shape and mold our generation‚ and are still a great influence with in our society today. We Americans are famous for worshiping dub ions demigods of the miraculous moment. The celebrities‚ who have inspired‚ identified with and transcended screen roles to become an active part of popular culture and people’s lives became icons. Based upon their bodies of work in films‚ Paul Newman‚ James Dean‚ and Marilyn Monroe have become
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all began one night when John Winchester‚ played by Jeffery Dean Morgan‚ walks into his infant son’s room only to see his wife Mary (played by Samantha Smith) pinned to the ceiling. John hands the infant off to his older son‚ as his wife spontaneously bursts into flames. The two sons and father live‚ and they begin to travel the country in hopes of discovering who or what caused the death of their beloved wife and mother. The eldest son Dean (Jenson Ackles) grows to be the typical macho tough guy‚ intent
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