In Jack Kerouac's On the Road, what might be some good analytical questions to ask about chapters 9-11 of Part Three?

A number of
analytical questions might be asked about chapters 9-11 of Part Three of s One the
Road. Among such questions are the following:

• How does
  Dean explain his love of cars, women, and travel?
• How does Sals attitude
  toward Dean change as they drive toward Chicago?
• What serious thoughts does
  Sal ponder during the trip toward Chicago?
• How, once they arrive in New
  York, does Dean behave as Sal expected?
• Discuss the kind of language Dean
  uses when describing bop musicians.
• What are the attitudes of both Sal and
  Dean toward contemporary music?
• How does Dean himself resemble various
  religious figures?
• What is the general role of music in this section of the
  book?
• How are Sals attitudes at the end of this section the same as his
  attitudes earlier?
• How does Sal respond to the country girl he
  meets?
• What are Deans attitudes about the prospect of visiting Chicago for
  the first time?
• Discuss the significance of the following statement by
  Sal:

it was remarkable how Dean could go mad
and then suddenly continue with his soulwhich I think is wrapped up in a fast car, a coast to
reach, and woman at the end of the road.

• What
  do Deans memories, early in this section, reveal about Dean as a character and about his
  values?
• Discuss the symbolic significance of Deans decision to race against
  another car.  What does this decision reveal about his personality?
• During
  the race with the other car, what do we learn about some of the ways in which Sal differs from
  Dean?
• How should we interpret Deans fearlessness?


• Would you want to be a passenger in a car driven by Dean?  Why or why not?


• What does Deans decision to pick up two hoboes reveal about his character?


• What was the average speed at which the car was travelling between Denver and
  Chicago?
• Discuss the potentialof the fact that Dean and Sal spend time at
  the Young Mens Christian Association in Chicago.
• Which specific jazz
  musicians does Dean admire, and why might he have admired those particular musicians?


• When George Shearing appears, Dean says, God has arrived.  Discuss the various ways
  in which this is a significant statement that is relevant to the themes and meaning of the book
  and to Kerouacsof Dean.
• Besides an appreciation of jazz, what are some
  other personality traits shared by Dean and Sal?
• Discuss the significance
  of Sals conversation with the country girl.  What does the conversation reveal about both of
  them?
• Discuss the significance of Sals memories about his time in Boston. 
  What does his recollection reveal about his values?  How are his values relevant to the larger
  themes of the book?
• What, if anything, does the man who gives Sal and Dean
  a ride to New York admire about them?
• Discuss the significance of the
  behavior of Sal and Dean as soon as they arrive in New York.

[for
possible answers to these questions, see link below dealing with these chapters]