thesis proposal

i was going to write about how i find that Jack Kerouac talks about spiritualiy alot in the Dharma Bums but he does not really talk about that in On the Road but then about 5 seconds ago i realized something. in both books Jack has a hero, a sort of mentor, an inspirational person that influences his actions in the future. in "On the Road" it was Neal Cassady and in "the Dharma Bums" it was Japhy Ryder(aka Gary Snyder). So what does this tell me? well to me it means that these people both inpsired the books and they inspired him. Neal inspired him to be more adventurous while Japhy inspired him to be more spiritual and content with life and earth. His writing style even though still pretty much his own style changed as well, i think the difference between Neal and Japhy can be seen in his writing and i would like to study the connection the heroes in the stories have to do with the writing. because; because Jack writes down the thoughts in his mind, his writing style changes as his thoughts change because the two are connected. i will be studying closely how his life changed after the writings of these books, and about his relationship with Neal and Japhy to better understand how his thoughts about life differed and how that affected his typing. To help me prove this i will probably read some reviews of books he wrote later in his life to see if what i am trying to prove is actually true.