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JACK KEROUAC

JACK KEROUAC. “On The Road”. Jack Kerouac 1922-1969 American novelist and poet. He deals with topics such as spirituality, jazz, promiscuity, drugs , travel and poverty. -Literary iconoclast

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JACK KEROUAC

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  1. JACK KEROUAC “On The Road”

  2. Jack Kerouac 1922-1969 American novelist and poet He deals with topics such as spirituality, jazz, promiscuity, drugs, travel and poverty. • -Literary iconoclast • He became a pioneer of Beat Generation and hippie movement together with Allen Ginsberg • He inspired artists like Bob Dylan, Eddie Vedder and the Beatles. He is recognized for his spontaneous method of writing and his major work are: On The Road, The Subterraneans, Big Sur.

  3. Hetyped the first draft of the book on a fifty-foot-longroll of paper. It is characterizedbylong stream-of-consciousnesssentences, page-longparagraphs. • He went to Columbia University and there hemet Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassady and William Burroughs. Hequit school hissophomore year and joined the Merchant Marine starting the travels of hisyouthwhichwouldbecome the basis of ON THE ROAD (1957). This work describes the rising, dissatisfiedfringe of the young generation of the late forties and earlyfifties. The context in which the book have beenwritten is thatoneafter the Great Depression and World War II and before the turmoil of ‘60s. It’s a kind of expression of restless and idealisticyouthwhowantsomething more thanconformity. “On the road” is the mostfamous work of the Beat Generation. Also the maincharacters are based on Kerouac’s friends.

  4. “On the road” summary In the winter of 1947, Sal Paradise, a young writer with an intellectual group of friends, among them the poet Carlo Marx, meets the reckless and joyous Dean Moriarty, fresh out of another stint in jail and newly married, camed to New York City . Dean fascinates Sal, and their friendship begins with three years of restless journeys back and forth across the country. Bus rides, hitchhiking escapades, finally Sal reaches his much-dreamed-of west to join Dean and the others in Denver.

  5. The next year, Dean comes east to Sal again, foiling Sal's stable life once more, and they drive west together, with more crazy adventures on the way at Bull Lee's in New Orleans, ending in San Francisco this time. In the spring, Sal goes to Denver alone, but Dean soon joins him and they go south all the way to Mexico City this time. Perceptive Sal, who at the beginning is weakened and depressed, gains in joy and confidence and finds love at the end. Sal and Dean turn out to have a lot more in common.

  6. The maincharacters Sal Paradise -  The narrator, a young writer. Account of Kerouac. Dean Moriarty -  The hero, a reckless, energetic, womanizing young man from Colorado who has been in and out of jail. Account of Neal Cassidy. Carlo Marx -  A good friend of Sal and Dean's, a brooding poet who is sensual and energetic. Account of Allen Ginsberg. Old Bull Lee - a long-time friend of Sal and Carlo, the teacher of their group. A traveler, writer, and junkie. Account of William Burroughs. Sal's aunt -  She is tolerant, supportive, and kind. Sal lives at her house in Paterson, New Jersey, and Long Island. Throughout Sal's wanderings, she sends him money. Chad King -  Sal's friend from Denver; young, slim, blond and soft-spoken. He is interested in philosophy, anthropology, and pre historic Indians. Roland Major -  A friend with whom Sal lives briefly in Denver. Major is a Hemingway-esque writer who is scornful of "arty" types but snobby himself, often talking to Sal about Europe and fine wines. Mostof the charactersrepresentsreal life people that are in Kerouac’s life.

  7. Beat music: THE BEATLES Beat generation, whichincludes Jack Kerouac, alsoinvolvedthe fieldof music and influencedthe emergenceof bands like the Beatles. Beat groups usually had simple guitar-dominated line-ups, with vocal harmonies and catchy tunes. The most common instrumentation of beat groups featured lead, rhythmic and bass guitars plus drums, as popularised by The Beatles.

  8. The most distinctive characteristic of the music was the strong beat, using the backbeat common to rock and roll and rhythm and blues. Beat music developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1960s. The beat movement provided the model for many important developments in pop and rock music, including the format of the rock groups. Particularly the Beatles marked an era in music, costume, fashion and pop art. They are considered a phenomenon of mass communication of global proportions and considered among the greatest expressions of contemporary music, after several decades of their official dissolution. According to estimates by the Guinness Book of Records, it is the most commercially successful musical group of all time with over a billion records sold and for the magazine Rolling Stone the Beatles are the greatest artists of all time.

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