On the Road

I am analyzing a book called On the Road by Jack Kerouac, and for those of you who don't know who he is, he is one of the few writers that defined the Beat generation. Beat was a word used highly in the late 40's and early 50's. Jazz music was making it's way up the charts with artists like Charlie Bird Parker and Thelonious Monk. Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac were writing poetry people had never seen before. They both had an interesting look towards America and it's relationship with people, material objects, sex, drugs, the whole lot of things that should not be talked about. Jack Kerouac writes the story of Dean Moriarty, a man fresh out of jail who finds the greatest car for sale to drive cross country with. The truth is this story is half fiction half non fiction, the names of the characters are changed though Neal Cassady, Jack Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg actually travelled across America looking for another way to revolutionize America. Their poetry usually contains rude remarks of America and questions historical meanings of events. The book itself is a collection of these poems in a story. They embrace everything, their ideas and feelings run through the pages chanting freedom of the mind and freedom of speech. Do what you want. It sends a message to our demographic even now.