On the Road is Kerouac's autobiographical masterpiece, which was written in one go on a roll of 30-meter-long typing paper in three weeks. In pursuit of individuality, Sal, the hero of the novel, hitchhiked or drove several times across the American continent with several young men and women, such as Dian and Mary Lou, and finally arrived in Mexico. Along the way, they drank too much, smoked marijuana, played with women and talked about Zen in the East. When they were tired, they got in the way, spent the night in the village, wandered from new york to San Francisco, and finally broke up. At the same time, the book embodies the spontaneous writing skills advocated by the author-natural thought flow, anti-plot, extensive use of slang, proverbs and long sentences with irregular comment methods, which widely involve American social and cultural customs; On the other hand, this book shows the mountains, rivers, plains, deserts and towns on the vast land of the United States ... like a picture scroll, it is presented to readers.
About the author:
Jack. Kerouac, American Beat Writer. When I was young, I lived a dissolute life, worked as a handyman, traveled all over America and Mexico, wrote 18 novels, and died of alcoholism.
1922 March 12, Jack? Jack Kerouac was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA.
1946 ~ 1948 wrote the novel towns and cities; Are you in new york with Neil? Casady met.
1948 with writer John? Clenon? John Paul Kline Holmes met and put forward the name "Beat Generation".
From 1948 to 1950, he began to write on the road, taking Dian, the hero of On the Road, as the prototype, crossed the United States with Casady for the first time and finally arrived in Mexico City.
1969101October 2 1 in St. Florida? Petersburg.
"The Beat Generation"
The "Beat Generation" is a group of American writers who appeared in the 1950s. It is mainly maintained by personal friends. Their ideas are different, but they have a deep influence on each other. They are only a small number of people, and (later developed into a movement) cannot represent their generation. (Being called "Generation XX" has something to do with Hemingway's self-proclaimed "Lost Generation".) The central members now under consideration are Jack Krujak, allen ginsberg and William bruns. The word "Beat Generation" was invented by Kruja in 1948. Later, his friend John Clarence Holmes wrote an article "This is the Beat Generation" for new york Times magazine. Beat is not wrong in translation, but it has many meanings, such as exhaustion, defeat, resignation, holiness and blessing. What Kruja wants to emphasize is that being at the bottom of society, as an alien, down and out, has a special sense of sacredness and bliss.