Goodreads asked Jim Cherry:

Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?

Jim Cherry Thinking of all the literary couples it's a really hard question. Couples that come to mind are Dick and Nicole Diver from "Tender is the Night", and this may sound facetious but the fisherman and the fish in "The Old Man and the Sea" but the 'couple' that first comes to mind is Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarity from Kerouac's "On The Road".

Sal and Dean are opposites and complement and contrast each other (as they're meant to be) while the relationship may not be totally equal, Sal seems enthralled to and by Dean. But Sal his purpose in the relationship too, he's hoping that Dean and his adventures will lead Sal to some sort of enlightenment, and I think that's what we're all seeking on this road of life, a moment of enlightenment that will make sense of all this to us.

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