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on the road
(redirected from Dean Moriarty)

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See: en route


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Lawrence (of Arabia); Kennedy isn't simply the first political Elvis--he's also a real-life Dean Moriarty (thus enabling the humorous chapter title "Hit the Road, Jack") and Andy Warhol with better hair.
The narrative traces the seemingly non-stop road-trips made by the two main characters, Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty, between New York, Denver, San Francisco and back again, and explores the deepening friendship that develops as they follow the pull of the road, breaking societal constraints along the way.
Cassady, the template for Dean Moriarty in Kerouac's classic novel ``On the Road,'' was a hard-living womanizer who ran with the Beat pack but never achieved his comrades' literary success.
 
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