On the Road
By: Matt Loverkin

On the Road, by Jack Kerouac was considered to be the first "beat" novel.
The lifestyle of beats is explained as going against mainstream norms. The
two main characters in the novel Dean and Sal both go against normal
society. On the Road was written during a time when mainstream society was
in to materialistic possessions. The average person was concerned with
having a good paying job and raising a family in the suburbs. Beatniks had the
complete opposite goals in life then the average person. Beats wanted to be
different and not be tied down to a signal job for the rest of their lives. They
believed that mainstream society were slaves to the system. Dean and Sal
lived their life one day......

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Title: On The Road
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