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 Jack Kerouac’s One the Road. Among
such questions are the following:

• How does Dean
  explain his love of cars, women, and travel?


• How does
  Sal’s 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 Sal’s 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
  Dean’s attitudes about the prospect of visiting Chicago for the first
  time?


• Discuss the significance of the following statement
  by Sal:

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

• What do
  Dean’s memories, early in this section, reveal about Dean as a character and about his
  values?


• Discuss the symbolic significance of Dean’s
  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 Dean’s
  fearlessness?


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


• What does Dean’s
  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
  potential irony of the fact that Dean and Sal spend time at the Young Men’s 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 Kerouac’s characterization of
  Dean.


• Besides an appreciation of jazz, what are some
  other personality traits shared by Dean and Sal?


• Discuss
  the significance of Sal’s conversation with the country girl.  What does the
  conversation reveal about both of them?


• Discuss the
  significance of Sal’s 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]