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Monster Essays - Jack Kerouac-On The Road
Jack Kerouac's 'Great American' Novel, On the Road
"…because the only people for me as the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes, 'Awwwww!'" (On the Road, Jack Kerouac p. 8)
The 40's. A time of the beat generation, a time when life in America was poetic. And Jack Kerouac....
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