“Whereas Sal sees Dean in such a positive light, there are others who do not. Sal’s Aunt calls him a madman, and Major a moron and a fool. This is understandable as they are older and more orthodox characters, with no comprehension of Dean as a counter-culture figure. Sal’s aunt’s newspaper reading seems to suggest a connection with the values of Middle America which would disapprove of such renegades as Dean. This is similar to the way in which the infamous outlaws of the West were feared due to their unpredictable and menacing nature and bohemian approach. Kerouac uses these criticisms of Dean the embodiment of the Beat lifestyle and ideology to reflect the skeptical view that many critics took to his, and fellow Beat authors’ writings and lifestyles. To relate this to Cassady, he was a member of the Beat Generation along with Kerouac, Ginsberg and Burroughs “a small group of close friends at first who became a movement later on. Many critics labeled them juvenile delinquents, determined to destroy conventional literature and morality.”