In every society, every era comes a set of standards everyone is expected to follow and perfectly fit into. If one doesn’t fit into this mold they should shape and change themselves to fit in. Some members of society are content being who they are and end up with a label of strangeness. In the early 1940’s all across America Dean Moriarty was bound to being described as “mad”. Every social, economic or family standard was by far broken. Momentarily he may try to adjust, to fit in, but always ends up embracing the madness and chaos that he’s drawn to. This character never let an unspoken standard dictate any part of his life.
Social standards may be what Dean deviates the most from. Typically behaving with manners, and responsibility was expected. Along with solving problems logically and following official rules. Any kind of rule following didn't apply to …show more content…
Relationships were never his strong point. He was expected to have a wife and kids at his side till he grew old and eventually died. All of the mistresses were tossed aside, Marylou was left in San Francisco and Dean settle down with Camille. He tried to form a respectable life with a real marriage but his ways of madness made it difficult to hold all of it together. “Their second baby was accidentally coming. It was horrible to hear Camille sobbing so. We couldn’t stand it and went out to buy beer and brought it back to the kitchen. Camille finally went to sleep or spent the night staring blankly at the dark. I had no idea what was really wrong, except perhaps Dean had driven her mad after all.” (Kerouac 184). Holding a marriage together was too challenging for someone whose natural instinct is to run at the sight of trouble. Finding new women in different cities where he stole their hearts, broke them then dashed came natural. These habits moved him to be labelled as a womanizer but he was happier this