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On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac’s years traveling the North American continent with his friend Neal Cassady, “a sideburned hero of the snowy West.” As “Sal Paradise” and “Dean Moriarty,” the two roam the country in a quest for self-knowledge and experience.
On the Road is a defining work of the Beat Generation, a literary movement that emerged in the 1950s and rejected the materialism and conformity of post-World War II America. Explore a plot summary, character list, and mini essays.
Dec 31, 2002 · On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years traveling the North American continent with his friend Neal Cassady, "a sideburned hero of the snowy West." As "Sal Paradise" and "Dean Moriarty," the two roam the country in a quest for self-knowledge and experience.
On The Road is the central novel of the Beat movement, and forms the prose counterpoint to “Howl,” the quintessential Beat poem written by Kerouac’s friend Allen Ginsberg. As a story of journeys, the novel can also be seen as a postmodern rewriting of such classic literature of journeying as The Odyssey , Dante’s Divine Comedy , and the ...
Inspired by Jack Kerouac’s adventures with Neal Cassady, On the Road tells the story of two friends whose cross-country road trips are a quest for meaning and true experience.
On the Road chronicles Kerouac's years traveling the North American continent, from East Coast to West Coast to Mexico, with his friend Neal Cassady, "a sideburned hero of the snowy West." As "Sal Paradise" and "Dean Moriarty," the two roam the country in a quest for self-knowledge and experience.
