This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of On the Road by Jack Kerouac. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, as well as an examination of the importance and impact of the Beat Generation. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This...
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On the Road by Jack Kerouac (Book Analysis)
On the Road by Jack Kerouac (Book Analysis)
Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
978280627125927EBookPlurilingua PublishingThis practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of On the Road by Jack Kerouac. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, as well as an examination of the importance and impact of the Beat Generation. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.
This clear and detailed 27-page reading guide is structured as follows:
Biography of Jack Kerouac
Presentation of On the Road
Summary of On the Road
Character study
Sal Paradise (the narrator)
Dean Moriarty
Carlo Marx
Old Bull Lee (William Burroughs)
Remi Boncoeur
The women
Analysis of On the Road
Beat Generation, counter-culture and American society
Flow, movement and speed poetics
About On the Road
On the Road is perhaps Jack Kerouac's best-known book, and is considered to be one of the most representative works of the Beat Generation. It is an autobiographical novel which tells the story of Dean Moriarty (who represents Neal Cassady) and Sal Paradise (who represents Kerouac) as they hitchhike through the puritanical America of the late 1940s. The two main characters are hedonistic young men who reject the conventions of society and embark on an exhilerating quest for pleasure and freedom.
On the Road is regularly including on lists of the greatest English-language novels of all time, and was adapted for the cinema in 2012.
About Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac was one of the best-known writers of the Beat Generation, along with William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg. His novels, including The Dharma Bums, Lonesome Traveller and Big Sur, tell of his travels through the United States and criticize the American way of life. Poorly adapted to the stifling social conventions of his time, Kerouac sought his salvation in alcohol, drugs, spirituality (Buddhism) and travelling. He died in 1969 from problems related to his alcoholism.This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of On the Road by Jack Kerouac. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, as well as an examination of the importance and impact of the Beat Generation. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.
This clear and detailed 27-page reading guide is structured as follows:
Biography of Jack Kerouac
Presentation of On the Road
Summary of On the Road
Character study
Sal Paradise (the narrator)
Dean Moriarty
Carlo Marx
Old Bull Lee (William Burroughs)
Remi Boncoeur
The women
Analysis of On the Road
Beat Generation, counter-culture and American society
Flow, movement and speed poetics
About On the Road
On the Road is perhaps Jack Kerouac's best-known book, and is considered to be one of the most representative works of the Beat Generation. It is an autobiographical novel which tells the story of Dean Moriarty (who represents Neal Cassady) and Sal Paradise (who represents Kerouac) as they hitchhike through the puritanical America of the late 1940s. The two main characters are hedonistic young men who reject the conventions of society and embark on an exhilerating quest for pleasure and freedom.
On the Road is regularly including on lists of the greatest English-language novels of all time, and was adapted for the cinema in 2012.
About Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac was one of the best-known writers of the Beat Generation, along with William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg. His novels, including The Dharma Bums, Lonesome Traveller and Big Sur, tell of his travels through the United States and criticize the American way of life. Poorly adapted to the stifling social conventions of his time, Kerouac sought his salvation in alcohol, drugs, spirituality (Buddhism) and travelling. He died in 1969 from problems related to his alcoholism.application/pdf1
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This clear and detailed 27-page reading guide is structured as follows:
- Biography of Jack Kerouac
- Presentation of On the Road
- Summary of On the Road
- Character study
- Sal Paradise (the narrator)
- Dean Moriarty
- Carlo Marx
- Old Bull Lee (William Burroughs)
- Remi Boncoeur
- The women
- Analysis of On the Road
- Beat Generation, counter-culture and American society
- Flow, movement and speed poetics
About On the Road
On the Road is perhaps Jack Kerouac’s best-known book, and is considered to be one of the most representative works of the Beat Generation. It is an autobiographical novel which tells the story of Dean Moriarty (who represents Neal Cassady) and Sal Paradise (who represents Kerouac) as they hitchhike through the puritanical America of the late 1940s. The two main characters are hedonistic young men who reject the conventions of society and embark on an exhilerating quest for pleasure and freedom.
On the Road is regularly including on lists of the greatest English-language novels of all time, and was adapted for the cinema in 2012.
About Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac was one of the best-known writers of the Beat Generation, along with William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg. His novels, including The Dharma Bums, Lonesome Traveller and Big Sur, tell of his travels through the United States and criticize the American way of life. Poorly adapted to the stifling social conventions of his time, Kerouac sought his salvation in alcohol, drugs, spirituality (Buddhism) and travelling. He died in 1969 from problems related to his alcoholism.
Product details
| ISBN | 9782806271259 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Plurilingua Publishing |
| Collection | BrightSummaries.com |
| Format | |
| Pages | 27 |
| File size | 1.4 MB |
