3 definitions by Nathaniel Flint
Dean Moriarty is a character from Jack Kerouac's classic novel "On the Road". Based on the persona of Neal Cassady, a famous figure if the Beatnik movement in America in the 50s, and a friend of Jack Kerouac. Dean is an expression of the American youth, hungry for life, girls, fun and freedom. Often misunderstood by older people, or seeming chaotic to others, Dean is an inspiration for the narrator of the story, Sal Paradise. Growing up in reform schools and later, in jail, Dean is now looking for freedom, with his endless love for women and high speeds, energetic and charming. He's said to be stealing cars just for fun so he can drive around, which is the reason he was in reform schools. Representing the new wave in the USA in the 50s he also likes jazz and want to be an 'intelectual' like his friend Carlo Marx, whose character is also based on the Beatnik poet Alan Ginsberg, a friend of Jack Kerouac.
by Nathaniel Flint January 11, 2022
A 90s movie starting Liv Tyler, Jeremy Irons, Rachel Weiz and many other actors. It's a movie about growing up, finding yourself and letting yourself be free, and learning who you really are when you are placed in a abnormal situation with strange, but kind people. It's a good movie to watch if you have difficulties with love, dealing with it's absence, virginity, past memories that are no longer connected to your reality, or you just want to feel good. It's a very good summer movie and, this is a plus, the story is set in Italy.
by Nathaniel Flint January 10, 2022
Sal Paradise is the main character in the beatnik novel "On the Road" by famous American writer Jack Kerouac. Sal is a young man, who, being sort of a star-strucked by his new friend Dean Moriarty, decides to travel through America with him in search for, as said in the first chapter 'girls, visions, everything'. Wandering throught the streets of the USA and Mexico, Sal faces many different people, finds love, adventures, gets drunk on life, listens to jazz, hitchhikes, and, mostly admires everything. There is some kind of sadness to the character too, but it's more of a bitter-sweet type, as he's always searching for something more, because he is amazed by the crazy and excited people he meets, the new stars of America in the 50s, who for him are the only people that are worth going after. He's the narrator of the story, which is believed to be some sort of a biography of the writer. The same character, which is Kerouac himself, appears in others of his novels by different names- Ray, Jack, etc.
by Nathaniel Flint January 11, 2022