The Thing about the Beats One of the novels that has caused a great impact since it was written until now is the modern classic On the Road, the second novel of one of the most controversial writers of his time Jack Kerouac. ... Kerouac in On the Road tails his travels across America that took him seven years, he traveled by bus, hitchhiking and in his friends car. ... I was getting the bug myself" (Kerouac, 72). ... The review by Amazon explains it in a better way: "Like nearly all of Kerouac's writing, On the Road is thinly fictionalized autobiography, filled with a cast made of ...

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Jim Morrison, front man of the Doors, is a God-like hero to many. This poet/singer songwriter is a quintessential part of our rock and roll history. And like so many, he died young. It it because of his seemingly premature death that he has attained the icon status he is held in today. Wou...

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The 1950s through the 1950s was a turbulent time in history. At the end of the Second World War, many political and international changes came about. The world had to rebuild drastically after such an unstable and deleterious decade. As a result, the Cold War became a topic of much controversy a...

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