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
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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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