Neal Leon Cassady (1926–1968) was a major figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic movement of the 1960s. He served as the model for the character Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac&#x27;s novel On the Road. In &quot;On the Road&quot; Sal Paradise states to the reader, &quot;He was simply a youth tremendously excited with life, and though he was a con-man, he was only conning because he wanted to so much to live and to get involved with people who would otherwise pay no attention to him.&quot;…