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Originally Posted by queenbeesteph
So one of Ben's secret identities is Dean Moriarty from Jack Kerouac's "On The Road." So is Ben trying to tell us that he is really Neal Cassady? (interesting that Jack K.'s character's last name is "Paradise.")
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Is Ben Dr. (since he is a vetrinarian?) Moriarty, arch enemy of Sherlock Holmes?
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from the forward to "Big Sur" by Kerouac
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"Enter Neal Cassady, the legendary driver, Ginsbergs fabled "cocksman and Adonis of Denver," who blew into New York with his girlfriend Luanne and a fired-up determination to learn all about writing from Allen [Ginsberg], Jack, and Bill [burroughs], in return for for which he'd tell them all about his life in the West, and the Beat Generation was ready to roll."
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I can't figure out what connection that Ben would have with Cassady, except they are pretty much polar opposites. Cassady worked on the railroad, and was constantly juggling women. He led a relatively simple and playful existence, and did some time for weed, as you read in "Big Sur". Kerouac's name in the book, "Sal Paradise" could also be read as 'its all paradise", which I rather like. interesting find.