- Dean Moriarty
Dean Moriarty is one of the protagonists in
Jack Kerouac 's novel "On the Road ".Character Information
Dean was born in
Salt Lake City, Utah and grew up inColorado with analcoholic andhobo for a father for whom he searches on many occasions. Dean races from journey to journey and pulls other people along. His various fixations include drugs, women,intellectualism and finally, his father and family life. His marriage and divorce with Camille and Mary Lou and his last affair with Inez are a few examples of his romantic entanglements."On the Road" is known as a semi-autobiographic story, and Dean Moriarty was inspired by a close friend of
Jack Kerouac , Beat heroNeal Cassady .cite news
last = Bignell
first = Paul
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title = "On the Road" (uncensored). Discovered: Kerouac "cuts"
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publisher =The Independent
date =July 29 ,2007
url = http://arts.independent.co.uk/books/news/article2814743.ece
accessdate = 2007-08-02 ]In Popular Culture
*Dean Moriarty is the subject of the
Aztec Two-Step song, "The Persecution & Restoration of Dean Moriarty (On the Road)."*In
Alan Moore 's "", Moriarty appears in a Sal Paradyse story, which suggests that Dean is the great-grandson ofSherlock Holmes ' arch-nemesisProfessor Moriarty . The story has Sal and Dean teaming up with Mina Murray andAllan Quatermain against Kerouac's Doctor Sachs (who is the great-grandson of Moriarty's criminal rival The Devil Doctor), and he also participates in athreesome with Mina and Allan.*Dean Moriarty is also an alias of
Benjamin Linus on "Lost", as shown on one of his possibly fake passports during the Feb. 14, 2008 episode, "The Economist". Ben uses this name when he visitsTunisia in the episode "The Shape of Things to Come".
*Dean Moriarty is referenced in the "Say Goodbye to Daisy Miller" episode of "Gilmore Girls ".*He is the referred to in the song 'It Starts with Dean Moriarty' by The Maple State
References
External links
* [http://www.beatmuseum.org/cassady/NealCassady.html Comparing Dean Moriarty to Neal Cassady]
* [http://www.aztectwostep.com/lyric_persecution.asp Lyrics to the Aztec Two-Step song "The Persecution & Restoration of Dean Moriarty (On the Road)"]
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