What's the Difference between On the Road the Book and On the Road the Movie?
On the Road Book vs Movie
In the Book |
In the Movie |
Sal and Terry have sex while her son is in the same room. This happens while they are staying in a roadhouse on highway 99. |
They do it in a tent while they are picking cotton. |
Dean, Ed and Mary-Lou show up at Sal's brother's house in Virginia between Christmas and New Years. |
They show up at Sal's Sister's house in Virginia on Christmas eve. They have already eaten.
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Dean offers to take Sal's Aunt's furniture back to New York in one trip, then return and bring his Aunt back on the second trip. |
Dean offers to drive Sal's Mother home in one trip. |
Sal lives with his Aunt. |
Sal lives with his Mother.
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Sal is an Italian american. |
Sal is an american but is of French Canadian decent, like Jack Kerouac. |