Meet · Meet your unknown self in the book. What I recommend for you today is:"On the Road".
The author of this book is Kerouac who wrote the phrase "forever young, forever in tears".
If you want to fill your ordinary life with some surging and color, you must read this book today. After World War II, the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union began. The clouds of ultimate nuclear war loomed over the land, the fear of the end of the world haunted people's hearts, and it was a time of despair for the youth of Europe and the United States. At that time, the social atmosphere in European and American countries was extremely conservative, and out of the escape from reality, people lived a life that rebelled against traditional morality and secular concepts. The American writer Kerouac was no exception, and it was this rebellious spirit that influenced him to write his book On the Road. "On the Road" tells the story of Kerouac's journey between 1947 and 1951, when he and his friends crossed the United States three times and went south to Mexico once. They wear jeans in jazz bars in major cities, hitchhike aimlessly long distances, and live a life of profligate, timely fun. As soon as this ** book came out, it immediately swept the United States, and countless young people rushed to imitate the clothing and lifestyle of the characters in the book. Influenced by this book, jeans sold 1 million at that time, and "hitchhiking" became a fashion trend. As Nobel laureate Bob Dylan said, "On the Road changed my life as much as it did every one of us." For me, On the Road is like the Bible. ”This masterpiece is like a bible that breaks through the shackles of the soul and leads the freedom of life, and it makes us understand that the true freedom of life is to have a dwelling in the heart. 
The search for freedom is a rebellion against the old lifeThe protagonist of **, Sal, was originally a poor writer living in New York, who had no father or mother, and had been dependent on his wife for his life. Unexpectedly, one day the relationship between the two will change, which makes Sal lose his only loved one and makes him feel disillusioned about life. It was during that dark time that he became acquainted with Dean from Denver. Dean followed his father around since he was a child, and he once met a kind teacher who gave him a love of reading. He was wandering around New York at the time, and he happened to hear that Sal was a writer, so he went to visit him with the pretext of asking for advice on writing. Thrall had read Dean's letters to his friends and found that the man's style was a combination of tramp's brutality and childish innocence, which made him curious about the strange stranger. In this way, Sal chose to take Dean in. For Sal, the stranger who came to his house to eat and drink was not only not annoying, but even very "cute". Because he was not only able to get inspiration from Dean's whimsical ideas, but also deeply attracted by Dean's primitive passion for life, the two hit it off at first sight and gradually became very good friends. But it didn't take long for Dean to leave and return to Denver. At this time, Thrall has not completely come out of the confusion and loneliness, and in order to get rid of the pain of life, he decides to travel to the west and visit Dean by the way. In 1947, Sal hitchhiked all the way to Denver, desperate to see Dean, but was disappointed. Fortunately, he still has friends in Denver, and everyone is like-minded, so they hold a night party in the mountains together, and they party in the night, but this excitement still can't fill the loneliness in Sal's heart. 
Unexpectedly, when Sal left at dawn, the vast plains of Denver spread out in front of him, and at this moment, he looked at the infinite vitality given by nature, and suddenly felt a sense of relief and relief. He seemed to have been inspired by his soul, and his heart ignited a yearning for life. After that, he said goodbye to his friends and headed west to San Francisco on his own, where he began a solitary life. During the journey, he stopped to do odd jobs when he spent on CDs, and continued to set off when he had the money for the journey, and in such a life, he gained unprecedented freedom. Camus once said: "To feel your own life, your own resistance, your own freedom, and the more the merrier, this is life, life to the maximum." ”When you encounter despair in life, instead of being trapped by reality, it is better to rise up and resist and pursue bravely. Only in this way can we gain rich life experience, break free from the cage of life, and find freedom. In the process of pursuit, those people we have seen, the roads we have walked, and the fresh experiences are like seeds, which finally rejuvenate the wounded hearts. 
Stop, it's a yearning for a new lifeAfter his first trip to the West, Sal returns to New York, where life is back to normal, and after a year, he is preparing to go to school. However, on Christmas Day 1948, Sal was sitting in the living room with his relatives for Christmas when Dean burst in, along with his colleague and ex-wife, Mary Lou. It turned out that in the fall of 1947, Dean met his current wife, and the two gave birth to a daughter, and the family of three now lives in San Francisco. One day, while walking down the street, Dean had the idea to spend all his savings to buy a car, and said goodbye to his wife to come to New York to find Sal. When he was passing by Denver, he also called his ex-wife Mary Lou by the way. In this way, Thrall's peaceful life is shattered by Dean's madness. 
But Thrall didn't see anything wrong with Dean's behavior, but felt a long-lost zest for life in Dean. As a result, Sal, who had planned to settle down, was once again impressed by Dean and decided to embark on a new journey. I thought it would be a fascinating journey, but in fact, due to the lack of travel expenses, they were forced to sleep in the open during the journey. When he was the poorest, he didn't even have 5 cents on him, so he could only beg around for a piece of bread like a vagabond. I finally piggybacked some hitchhikers who were willing to pay, but when I arrived at the destination, the other party refused to pay. This journey, full of hardships and hardships, was exhausting for Saar. Just when Sal wanted to stop, they happened to come to the house of their good friend Lao Niu. Lao Niu is an addict, his wife suffers from bone marrow disease, and the husband and wife are suffering from illness. But strangely, they did not show the slightest resentment about the misfortune in front of them. When Lao Niu was working in the yard, he did not forget to share some interesting stories with his wife, and his wife always responded to him with a gentle voice. His wife's illness required high medical expenses, and she was unable to work due to illness, so she was financially supported by Lao Niu, but Lao Niu not only never complained, but also took good care of his wife. From the relationship between the husband and wife, Sal saw the love he longed for, and also experienced the stable life he wanted. He was so attached to everything here that he was reluctant to leave. There is a sentence in the movie "Blue Sea and Blue Sky": "Each of us may have a lonely and free sea in our hearts, and we often dive into it alone in the middle of the night, and sometimes miss the lights on the land because we dive too deep." Most people spend their lives shuttling between the two. ”We yearn for the freedom under the sea, but when we dive too deep, we find that there is nothing but loneliness and despair in the deep sea. Life is like diving, you need to surface from time to time to take a breath. Just like Sal's journey, when he was tired and tired, he stopped. Only by stopping can we transform loneliness and despair into strength to face a new life. 
Asking where to go: Having a dwelling place in the heart is the true freedom of lifeSal wanted to stay, but Dean was in a hurry to leave, so he had to leave. But in San Francisco, Dean was rushing home to find his wife, Camille, when he suddenly left him and Mary Lou on the street. Desperate, Mary Lou was reduced to a woman in a green house in order to make a living. Penniless, Sal had to beg on the streets and had the hardest time of his life. For Sal, this journey is no longer about spiritual nourishment, but about the loss of freedom. Although Dean arrives to pick him up when he is dying of starvation, they eventually go their separate ways. It was not until the spring of 1949 that the two resumed their friendship. Sal had saved up a sum of money to settle in Denver, and when he was alone in a foreign land, he couldn't help but think of Dean, who, coincidentally, was sending a repaired letter at this time. As a result, Sal immediately travels to San Francisco in anticipation of a reunion with Dean. However, because Dean had left his wife and daughter to find him in New York, his wife Camille had always been resentful of him, so before he could stay at Dean's house, the two were kicked out of the house together. They had no choice but to rush to join a friend who had traveled together, but what they didn't expect was that Dean's abandonment of his wife and daughter had already spread, so much so that even his friends were unwilling to take them in. This time, instead of finding a sense of security and belonging in Dean, Sal felt uneasy and lost. But from that moment on, there was a subtle shift in their roles. This time the desperate man becomes Dean, and the former leader becomes a follower, eventually following Sal back to New York. 
By the spring of 1950, Sal planned to travel to Mexico to continue his search for direction in life. Dean was going to Mexico to get a divorce certificate with Camille, so they went together. Unexpectedly, the tragedy of Sal's abandonment by Dean was repeated again. Dean hurried back to New York after getting the divorce papers, but Sal was suffering from a high fever and couldn't bear the fatigue of traveling, so Dean left him and left. But this time, Sal's state of mind is completely different, he no longer feels hopeless about it, but has a greater understanding and tolerance of the joys and sorrows of life. At the end of the event, Sal finally finds his beloved girl and settles down, while Dean remains adrift on the road as always. During his journeys, Sal saw all the ways in life and finally understood that only inner peace and stability can be truly free. I once heard the saying, "You are free only if your joy and happiness are not attached to anyone or anything." Otherwise, whether you are locked up in prison or walking down the street, you are your own prisoner. "Freedom and bondage are often just a thought, once a person pins his hopes on the outside world, it is easy to be manipulated by fate, and eventually live as his own prisoner. Only by relying on inner strength can we break free from the control of fate and gain true freedom. 
Write at the endLi Jihong, the translator of "On the Road", once said: "The lives of Sal and Dean are like a cruel mirror, allowing us to see our own difficulties in their restlessness and pain." Kerouac teaches us that every restless heart and miserable soul comes from a lack of security and a thirst for unconditional love. ”After experiencing it, you will understand that the sense of security that a person desires is actually in the heart. If fate is a river, then inner stability is the boat drifting on the river. You must firmly believe that as long as you keep exploring your heart, you will be able to find a boat of your own, carrying your pain and confusion, and leading you to the other side of life. If you also feel lost, you might as well read "On the Road", the "soul bible", from which you can always draw strength and find true freedom in life.