Kerouac and Tyler, "On the Road" and "Saint Maybe" - Comparison and critique

Wikipedia encyclopedia suggests "the word experience may refer (somewhat ambiguously) both to mentally unprocessed immediately-perceived events as well as to the purported wisdom gained in subsequent reflection on those events or interpretation of them. Most wisdom-experience accumulates over a period of time, though one can also experience (and gain general wisdom-experience from) a single specific momentary event." In novels "On the Road" and "Saint Maybe", by Jack Kerouac and Anne Tyler, the authors stress upon …

…lesson learned through their decisions and experiences, as life is a constant journey full of such experiences. The world does not stop for anyone's sake; it simply keeps going and does not put into consideration that the day did not go accordingly to plan, and to understand this is and move on is what builds character. In the novels On the Road and Saint Maybe, Kerouac and Tyler make this notion visible to the readers.