at the end of the book, i am sort of upset with the consummantion of the adventure. dean goes back to his crappy life and sal is happy- but is he; i think the ending gives this illusion that sal is all happy and confident when in my mind he's still the same person and will have the same problems. i feel like the book could have ended at any particular point; there is no significance in ending it now (maybe after mexico, though). also, i think it's significant that sal got sick in mexico because it is sort of a sign that he belonged in america. oh well, i enjoyed the book and the blog; peace.