Author

=**Jack Kerouac**=

Kerouac, as one of the beat writers, wrote //On the Road,// a famous American novel, in the 1950s. Characters he describes in it are based on his literary friends. That is to say, this novel is also thought to be semi-biographical. There are several themes in the novel from which we can learn about American society in the 1950s.

What does this title imply? In this novel, young people drive to the West from the East. Why do they begin such a journey?
 * On the Road**

Literary information
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・[|**Characters, cars and music in the novel**]