On The Road a Formalist look

On The Road
The story of On the Road is about a black hobo during the depression trying to find somewhere to sleep for the night. In the story we find many symbols and underline meanings dealing with the social aspects of the depression years. I believe that this story dealt mainly with the civil rights movement and will cover that aspect in this paper.
First we will look at the character of Sargeant he is the black hobo in the story. The author calls him a big black man I think that Sargeant the way he is described in the book as being a strong and big black man that he is supposed to re…