On The Road Again: A Review Of Jack Kerouac’s Clas

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On the Road Again: A Review of Jack Kerouac’s Classic Autobiography Michael Stephenson October 18, 2010 On the Road Again: A Review of Jack Kerouac’s Classic Autobiography Introduction-Jack Kerouac’s On the Road is an autobiography. I. Kerouac’s literary and family influences led him to write On the Road. A. Kerouac was born March 12, 1922 in Lowell, Massachusetts. B. Kerouac’s youth involved a particular interest in literature and writing. C. Kerouac becomes associated with Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassady, and William S. Burroughs at Columbia University. All are central characters in On the Road and Kerouac’s life. D. Leo Kerouac, Jack’s father, passes away. Jack writes The Town and the City, and he feels he lost too much to editors. II. Neal Cassady and Kerouac begin their travels. A. They make their first trip out West in 1947, the reader is introduced to many future Beatniks. B. In 1949, they make a second trip through the South and then once again out West. C. 1950 brings about the closing of the story as the pair travels to Mexico. III. Kerouac gains celebrity status. A. Writes more than other 20 stories. B. Marries and moves to Florida with his wife and aging mother. C. Dies of alcohol-induced cirrhosis on October 21st, 1969. . “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!” (Kerouac, On the Road, p. 18). This quote by Jack Kerouac represents his ideology that one must live their life in a dynamic way. Jack Kerouac is responsible for spawning the movement that is known as the Beat

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