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The postmodernist movement was a backlash against the consequences of WW2, and rejected the idea of order and authority. This was not necessarily beneficial. As the Beat generation was born, it eventually progressed into post-modernism. The beginnings of the beat generation and post-modernism were in fact not negative, just new. However, as post-modernism grew, people's urges to reject order and...

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During this rotation I began reading On the Road by Jack Kerouac. It novels about the messy lives of what would best be described as the nomadic travelers, Dean Moriatry and Sal Paradise. Dean is extremely reckless, and in no way is he bothered by that– hopping from wife to wife, leaving his children for a fun life. Sal does...
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Introduction Jack Kerouac's seminal work, On the Road, has left an indelible impression on American literature and culture. Published in 1957, it encapsulates the spirit of the Beat Generation, a group of writers and artists whose work reflected a profound dissatisfaction with the prevailing norms of the 1950s. Kerouac's narrative is a tapestry of the restless quest for freedom and...
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