How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #22
"Gee, I’m sad."
"What are you sad about, kid?"
"I’m sad about everything. Oh damn, I wish Dean wasn’t so crazy now." Dean came twinkling back, giggling, and jumped in the car. (II.8.28-II.8.30).
Marylou identifies the same unexplainable sadness in herself that Sal feels. Somehow, Dean is the common denominator in the sadness they share.
Quote #23
Then he slowly gets up and takes the mike and says, very slowly, " Great-oroooni... fine-ovauti... hello-orooni... bourbon-orooni... all- orooni... how are the boys in the front row making out with their girls-orooni... vauti... oroonirooni... " He keeps this up for fifteen minutes, his voice getting softer and softer till you can’t hear. His great sad eyes scan the audience.
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Finally the set is over; each set takes two hours. Slim Gaillard goes and stands against a post, looking sadly over everybody’s head as people come to talk to him. A bourbon is slipped in his hand. "Bourbon-orooni - thanky-ou-ovauti..." (II.11.8-II.11.9)
While Dean finds ecstasy in music, Sal finds sadness. Because of Sal’s repeated combinations of seemingly opposite notions (the sad and merry night), this new combination is not unreasonable.
Quote #24
Near me sat an old N***o who apparently watched the games every night. Next to him was an old white bum; then a Mexican family, then some girls, some boys - all humanity, the lot. Oh, the sadness of the lights that night! The young pitcher looked just like Dean. A pretty blonde in the seats looked just like Marylou. It was the Denver Night; all I did was die. (III.1.4)
Sal reaches the lowest point of depression during his solitary time in Denver, and it is precisely because of his solitude that he feels this way. The worst moments are when he recognizes glimpses of people that look like his friends, as he is reminded of the actual distances between them.