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"On the Road" by Jack Kerouac - Coggle Diagram
"On the Road" by Jack Kerouac
PLOT
It lacks a central plot: episodic structure.
Wanderings across North America of two friends (Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty).
The two young men are restless: they do not always a destination in mind.
Their journey is an exploration of jazz,sex, drugs and alcohol.
SETTING
The road: symbol of freedom
The protagonists travel through countless cities across the United States and Mexico (New York City, Denver, San Francisco, southern California, New Orleans, and many others)
CHARACTERS
Dean Moriarty:
He lives every moment with great intensity to overcome the sense of void and fear.
Sal Paradise:
the narrator. It stands for the author himself.
When Sal and Dean are on the road, they feel free to pursue any dream and to partecipate in any experience.
THEMES
Pursuit of freedom, the power of connections between individuals, and the search for meaning.
Rebellion against a repressive, materialistic and conformist society
STYLE
Spontaneous and episodic
Writing ment expressing whatever came in one's mind
Kerouac developed a non-stop typing style
Unsophisticated language ("Hip Talk", the street language)
Based on spontaneity and on monosyllabic words.