reading

i just finished On the Road tonight. and in the story then end up in Mexico and have a crazy day with Gregor a man they met and a bunch of hookers. they then begin to drive and they drive straight into a jungle with a bunch of bugs and because they don't know the way and their lights are acting weird they decided to just sleep on the road right outside of the jungle. they have of course been bitten by many bugs and there is not wind and extremem heat. in the morning the keep driving and arrive at a village full of indigenous people. Neal gives one of the girls his watch in exchange for a crystal the girls were trying to sell. they then leave and drive straight for Mexico City and Jack catches a fever. (at this point in the book the editor has written a note saying the last bit of the scroll was missing and that was because Luican Carr's dog had eaten it, so the editor gathered from Jack new edition from the ending what he thought was the actual ending.) Neal leaves him to settle his divorce with Carolyn and to live with Diana but ends up returning to Carolyn after having argued with Diana who was pregnant. Jack recovers and returns to NY and gets married. Neal comes to help him move to San Francisco a few weeks too early and has changed so much so that he can not talk straight. because Jack's friend does not like Neal they leave to go to a concert without him and Neal leaves for San Francisco. the book ends with Jack saying how sometimes he thinks of Neal, indicating that they did not see each other again since the time Neal left that night for San Francisco.

i find the ending of the book unexpected and bittersweet. because Neal and Jack do not see each other but Jacks love for him as a person, friend, brother never ends.