On The Road Character Analysis

The award-winning author, Luis Alberto Urrea, creator of The Hummingbird's Daughter, Into the Beautiful North, and The Devil's Highway, describes The Devil’s Highway which occurred in May of 2001, one of many that impacted the desert on undocumented immigrants. which is a desert located beyond Sonora, Mexico. It is a desert which few turn to in able to cross over. A group of illegal Mexican were left for dead after attempting to cross; they were left stranded after traveling for days in the wrong direction, through mountains, desert and only a small amount of water along with a few personal items. The Devil’s Highway name was set out to one’s belief “bad medicine” (5). Even though the desert is an obstacle itself, there are still other physical

In the novel “Three Day Road”, two Cree Aboriginals, Elijah Weesageechak and Xavier Bird goes off to fight in World War I and becoming the most famous sniper team in the field. The author, Joseph Boyden writes about the dynamic changes in the states of Elijah Weesageechak and the corruption of war leading to his final moments. There are many types of pain that are induced in nature. However, there are only two categories that those pain fall into: Physical pain and emotional pain. With Elijah, war transform him into an apathetic killing machine.

At the start of three day road we assume that Elijah and Xavier are very similar because they have such a close friendship and have the same background.. However when they are put into war we quickly realize that this is not the case. Even though they came from the same background they both experienced a very different childhood, which is lead to believe why they act very differently in the battlefield. Elijah was raised primarily in a residential school where he was subject to abuse. He was taught that his way of living was not right and he was forced to speak english and get rid of he indigenous background.

There is a strong connection between moral integrity and the ability to maintain personality and culture. If emotions or fears overpower conscience, an individual begins to lose the grasp on their character. Assimilation is prevalent in Indigenous history. The wemistikoshiw in Canada, tried to rid the Indigenous of any sense of their culture, and this inhumanity is evident in Three Day Road. If integrity is strong, a person is able to withstand the effects of assimlation. However, if a person submits to the teachings and abuse, then one loses their identity. Assimilation targets an individual’s independence and intends to destroy it. Therefore, a lack in moral integrity results in assimilation. In the Joseph

Salinger in his story, “The Catcher in the Rye”, uses motifs to write about how one's ideology can cause alienation. The motif that was used in this story is sexuality, throughout this story, Holden is seen looking for new relationships and constantly talking about sex. Talking to the prostitute in the hotel room, he thinks to himself, "I know you're supposed to feel pretty sexy when somebody gets up and pulls their dress over their head, but I didn't. Sexy was about the last thing I was feeling. I felt much more depressed than sexy." (Salinger, 123) The elevator boy, Maurice, at the hotel that Holden was staying at was also a pimp and he offers Sunny's services to him. Holden was about to have his virginity taken by Sunny, but he changes his mind. This proves that one's ideology can cause alienation because Holden of how, who is scared of changes, rejects Sunny’s company and this causes him to be alone for the night. Another story that demonstrates alienation is “Death of a

Sal is going through an internal conflict when the author states “I was not sweet that day. I was being particularly ornery,I wouldn't sit down and I wouldn't look at Margaret(creech 9). Sal did not like Mrs,Cadaver and did not care about how her dad met her. Next Sal goes from facing acceptance to being angry and frightened.

Have you ever had this feeling of being so stressed out that you would escape to hopeless dreams, causing you to withdraw yourself from others? Among many themes that J.D. Salinger expresses in his novel, The Catcher in the Rye, there is one that fits that type of feeling perfectly. That theme is: isolation is a product of the individual's reaction to the environment and often leads to downfalls and other negative consequences. This is clearly demonstrated through the influence of the allusions and symbols that Salinger uses to subtly apply the theme mentioned above.

As the novel progresses, we realize that ironically Holden's alienation becomes the source of most of his pain throughout the book. Although he never realizes the fact that his pain is being derived from his isolation and lack of human interaction, Salinger places clues in the book that tell us that it is so. With the introduction of Sally Hayes, Salinger is able to craft a relationship that effectively depicts the conflict in Holden. It is loneliness that initially propels Holden into a date with Sally. However, during the date Holden's need for isolation returns, he "didn't even know why" he "started all that stuff with her. The truth is" he "probably wouldn't have taken her even if she wanted to go." Because Sally is unable to recognize the feelings on the "phoniness" of school that he projects, he becomes frustrated and uses a rampaging monologue to upset her and drive her away. The only time in the

The use of repetition helps Salinger convey the purpose that Holden is struggling to face the new duties of manhood and

Salinger displays that one’s happiness can be compromised due to the actions of your own self. Holden Caulfield lacked communication and saw everything as “phoney” or “depressing” which deselected happiness for him. Holden getting kicked out of school is one example; his lack of communication with the teachers and others put in him a miserable setting. Which resulted him in getting kicked out. Another example is when he went on his date with Sally Hayes. Everything was going swell until Holden started to speak about how he felt. Which flattened the setting of the date as Holden portrays himself “C’mon, lets get outa here,” I said. “You give me a royal pain in the ass, if you want to know the truth.” Boy, did she hit the ceiling when I said

I had just gotten over a serious illness that I won't bother to talk about, except that it had something to do with a miserably weary split-up and my feeling that everything was dead" (Kerouac 1). Thus begins Sal's life on the road and his search for a more meaningful, authentic life. He has failed to find authenticity in mainstream society but hopes to find it on society's fringes. In the novel, Sal's search for authenticity begins and ends with his association with Dean Moriarty. His highly charged friendship with Dean Moriarty continues throughout the novel but finally ends with a denouement in Mexico City. In his frenetic search for authenticity, Sal encounters a continuous progression of marginalized people that include not only Dean's friends and sexual partners but also hobos, migratory farm workers and black jazz musicians. Sal feels that all these people have authenticity because they all value the immediate over the traditional expectations of mainstream society. Kerouac defines the intense moment or "It" as the culmination of the immediate. "It" is well illustrated when Sal and Dean, together with a group of their Beat friends, go to a wild party at the house of Rollo Greb on Long Island, and Dean enthuses about Rollo saying, "if you go like him all the time you'll finally get it." "Get what?" "It! It! I'll tell you - now no time, we have no time now" (127). Later in

     A disillusioned youth roams the country without truly establishing himself in one of the many cities he falls in love with. In doing so, he manages with the thought or presence of his best friend. What is he searching for? While journeying on the road, Sal Paradise is not searching for a home, a job, or a wife. Instead, he longs for a mental utopia offered by Dean Moriarty. This object of his brotherly love grew up in the streets of America. Through the hardships of continuously being shuffled from city to city, Dean has encompassed what is and what is not important in life. While driving back to Testament in the '49 Hudson, Dean propositions Sal through an appeal to emotion. In passing

What’s one of the main actions of a religious person, regardless of either being Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, or Baptist? Going to church, of course! However, there are some Catholics that don’t attend Holy Mass, which is the Catholic’s version of “church”. Many Catholics and Christians, over the years, have gradually declined to attend every Sunday Mass. Priests and clergy, as well as the Catholic Church Herself, have tried to institute the importance of attending Mass every Sunday. If only all of the unfaithful, Christians, and Catholics knew the value and importance of our obligatory Sunday Mass, surely then they would live up to the obligation. Every Catholic, devout or obscure, should be attending Mass every Sunday in order to follow God’s law, to give thanks for God’s goodness, and to receive God’s graces.

With the presidential election peering around the corner, it is time to bring back an age-old topic which has been troubling United States citizens for decades, the War on Drugs. Politicians have long quarreled over what sort of action should be taken to combat the world’s drug problems, and it is time that this issue surfaces again. Despite increased efforts from every government faction imaginable, the drug problem subsists, if not worsens. The market for cops and criminals in the drug war fields has not made any noticeable progress within the last 20 years (Kapczynski). Perhaps with the turn of the tide and hopefully a change of administration, the United States can develop a

Pakistan, like many international countries, contains a plethora of healthcare delivery complications when providing services to its citizens. This is immensely concerning for the international community because Pakistan is the 5th most populous country in the world, and the largest land mass in the Eastern Mediterranean. Littered with an array of different terrains, climates, and features, Pakistan’s land mass is approximate 800,000 square km. Geographically, Pakistan divides its providences into five large and one small, with an additional three territories. The providences are listed below in sizes from smallest to largest: Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakhtunkhwa, Khyber, Balochistan, Sindh, and Punjab. (see fig. 1)