Day 5

On the Road Lesson Plan

Reading Assignment, Questions, Vocabulary

Read Part 4, Chapters 5-6, and Part 5.

Content Summary for Teachers

Part 4, Chapter 5

For Sal and Dean, Mexico is a "magic" land: they are overjoyed at the world they've found at "the end of the road." Making their way to Mexico city, Sal and Dean are excited by the sight of poor field workers they pass along the way, and feel that Mexico truly encompasses the "beat" they have been searching for all this time.

In a small town called Gregoria, the pair meet a Mexican named Victor who offers them women and marijuana. Victor rolls the largest joint Sal has ever seen, and immediately the group gets extremely stoned, to the point that they have trouble carrying on a conversation. Victor leads...

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