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   On the Road: the Original Scroll

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   Jack Kerouac 

   

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   'On the Road: the Original Scroll' by Jack Kerouac is a revolutionary autobiographical novel following Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty on a series of frenetic road trips across America and to Mexico in the late 1940s. The book captures the hedonistic and rebellious spirit of the Beat Generation, portraying a group of characters seeking adventure, spiritual transcendence, and a sense of belonging. Kerouac's writing style is described as both thought-provoking and rambling, with some readers praising the book for its wondrous adventure and stunning depiction of the Hipster American lifestyle, while others find the characters self-absorbed and the plot meandering.
   

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   beat generation culture

   hedonistic road trips

   spontaneous prose writing style

   restless self indulgent characters
   I first met Dean not long after my wife and I split up. I had just gotten over a serious illness that I won’t bother to talk about, except that it had something to do with the miserably weary split-up...

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