Sam exists in a paradoxical state—he is everywhere and nowhere simultaneously. Rejecting the constraints imposed by modern capitalist society, he embraces a nomadic lifestyle, living out of his solar-powered van as he traverses the vast highways and open landscapes of the United States. Despite his free-spirited wandering, he frequently returns to Boston to visit his alma mater, Harvard Medical School, maintaining a connection to his past even as he resists conventional ties. However, one place he deliberately avoids is Alabama, steering clear of the state unless faced with a life-or-death situation—a reluctance ingrained in him by his family. His life is a blend of defiance and nostalgia, freedom and unspoken boundaries, as he drifts along the open road, unbound yet subtly anchored by personal history