Is a road trip running away from things or running towards something?

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[...] Is a road trip running away from things or running towards them? An exchange is the act of giving something and receiving something equivalent in return. An exchange can be cultural, business, economic, communication . Spaces defined geographical areas; it can block or make exchanges easier. So, spaces and exchanges influence each other. To illustrate this notion, I will talk about the road trip. A road trip is a travel, an escape by campervan or motorcycle (like a Harley Davidson), through vast spaces and during long hours on the road, to discover new landscape, cities or countries. [...]

[...] At last, in Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, the two characters went through many places: Los Angeles, from Topanga to Watts (where they bought the drugs), Sunset Strip (where they rented the car, a red Chevrolet), and Barstow, on the edge of the desert (where they are in this text). But their destination is Las Vegas, in order to attend Mint 400, a motorized race sponsored by the Mint Hotel hotel and casino in downtown Las Vegas). To conclude, a road trip is running away from many things, such as problems of the life split up, a social situation . [...]

[...] At least, Into The Wild is an exception because Christopher Johnson McCandless walked out of the society and died, but he has no reason to running away from something. Indeed, he was from the rich suburbs of Washington DC, and he was a successful gradient student and an elite athlete: he has a "perfect" life. So, a road trip can also be the way to running towards something. Running towards something Then, I will show that a road trip is also running towards something. First, in On The Road, the narrator wants to accomplish his dream : to go West, which means progress and the pursuit of freedom. [...]

[...] But in the previous examples, we saw that a road trip can also be the way to run towards something. Indeed, a road trip is running towards a dream (to go west, the pursuit of freedom), a place for a job (at Mind 400, in Las Vegas) or only getting work-life plans (New York City, for example). Moreover, someone can also make a road trip as a life experience, such as the experience of extreme austerity. Finally, the road is the link between both running away from something and running towards something. [...]

[...] Running away from things To begin with, I will show that a road trip is running away from many things. First, in On The Road, the narrator wants to leave his life, and to begin another one on the road. Indeed, because of his "miserably weary" split-up with his wife (he then had a nervous breakdown), but also because of his past or his childhood (in a "New Mexico reform school"), he decided to turn the page and to begin "the part of my life you could call my life on the road". [...]