On_The_Road

On The Road “Mr. Kerouac has a distinctive style, part severe simplicity, part hep-cat jargon, part baroque. (Adams 2)” Phoebe Lou Adams, a columnist for The Atlantic Monthly, stated this about Jack Kerouac’s book On the Road. Kerouac did indeed have a distinctive style of writing, because it was in the format of a journal. He uses repetition, remarkable consistency, and stuck to an important theme, a man trying to find himself in society. Adams agrees with these statements and her review is relevant to someone who is interested in reading the great book On the Road. “The inability of a young man of enormous energy, considerable intelligence, and a kind of muddled talent for absorbing experience to find any congenial place for himself in an organized society (Adams 1).” Kerouac uses this theme throughout the book but not just for Dean or Sal. For character’s Sal meets in his journey to find himself, Kerouac uses the same theme. Sal finds that there are many people going through the same problem besides Dean and himself. Even though the theme might not be exact to that of the other characters they are within the same boundaries. Adams goes on talking about Kerouac’s adams, kerouac, dean, book, theme, because, way, very, same, road, repetition, reader, himself, conclusion, about, writing, throughout, though, style, sort, sal, relevant, problem, plot, part, important, importance, going, find, what’s, through, struggles, story, society, says