On the Road

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Part 1, Chapter 1 Part 1, Chapter 2 Part 1, Chapter 3 Part 1, Chapter 4 Part 1, Chapter 5 Part 1, Chapter 6 Part 1, Chapter 7 Part 1, Chapter 8 Part 1, Chapter 9 Part 1, Chapter 10 Part 1, Chapter 11 Part 1, Chapter 12 Part 1, Chapter 13 Part 1, Chapter 14 Part 2, Chapter 1 Part 2, Chapter 2 Part 2, Chapter 3 Part 2, Chapter 4 Part 2, Chapter 5 Part 2, Chapter 6 Part 2, Chapter 7 Part 2, Chapter 8 Part 2, Chapter 9 Part 2, Chapter 10 Part 2, Chapter 11 Part 3, Chapter 1 Part 3, Chapter 2 Part 3, Chapter 3 Part 3, Chapter 4 Part 3, Chapter 5 Part 3, Chapter 6 Part 3, Chapter 7 Part 3, Chapter 8 Part 3, Chapter 9 Part 3, Chapter 10 Part 3, Chapter 11 Part 4, Chapter 1 Part 4, Chapter 2 Part 4, Chapter 3 Part 4, Chapter 4 Part 4, Chapter 5 Part 4, Chapter 6 Part 5, Chapter 1

Themes

All Themes Freedom, Travel, and Wandering Society, Norms, and Counterculture Friendship Writing America Privilege and Prejudice

Characters

All Characters Sal Paradise Dean Moriarty Carlo Marx Sal’s Aunt Remi Boncoeur Eddie Camille The Alcatraz Guard Dr. Boncoeur Teresa The Ghost of the Susquehanna Ed Dunkel Galatea Sam Inez

Symbols

All Symbols The Road The Shrouded Traveler

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Alliteration Allusions Dialect Genre Idioms Imagery Metaphors Mood Personification Setting Similes Stream of Consciousness Style Tone

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On the Road

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Jack Kerouac

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Summary & Analysis

All Themes
Freedom, Travel, and Wandering
Society, Norms, and Counterculture
Friendship
Writing
America
Privilege and Prejudice

All Characters
Sal Paradise
Dean Moriarty
Carlo Marx
Sal’s Aunt
Remi Boncoeur
Eddie
Camille
The Alcatraz Guard
Dr. Boncoeur
Teresa
The Ghost of the Susquehanna
Ed Dunkel
Galatea
Sam
Inez

All Symbols
The Road
The Shrouded Traveler

All Literary Devices
Alliteration
Allusions
Dialect
Genre
Idioms
Imagery
Metaphors
Mood
Personification
Setting
Similes
Stream of Consciousness
Style
Tone

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