Summary and Analysis of "On the Road"

By Students' Academy

A Few Words
Introduction
Plot Summary
Characters
Summary of the Novel
Thematic Analysis

English literature students sometimes find it difficult to read some major syllabus books and need someone's help. Literary language differs from everyday spoken language, so they find it difficult to read literary articles, plays, poems, and novels. In such a situation, instruction books help them.

This guidebook is for students of English literature. It is not the original book. If you want to read the original text, this is not the book for you.

This guidebook provides only a summary and analysis of the original text.

Thank you

"On the Road," by American writer Jack Kerouac, was first published in 1957 by Viking Press.

The novel is based on the personal experiences of the author and his friends who traveled across America.

"On the Road" is often regarded as a defining work of the postwar Beat Generation. The novel's protagonists live their lives against a backdrop of jazz, poetry, and drug use. They happen to be like wandering hippies.................................

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raja Sharma
• Release date: Nov 9, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005470814

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Table of Contents

A Few Words

Introduction

Plot Summary

Characters

Summary of the Novel

Thematic Analysis

Chapter 1

A Few Words

English literature students sometimes find it difficult to read some major syllabus books and need someone's help. Literary language differs from everyday spoken language, so they find it difficult to read literary articles, plays, poems, and novels. In such a situation, instruction books help them.

This guidebook is for students of English literature. It is not the original book. If you want to read the original text, this is not the book for you.

This guidebook provides only a summary and analysis of the original text.

Thank you

Chapter 2

Introduction

On the Road, by American writer Jack Kerouac, was first published in 1957 by Viking Press.

The novel is based on the personal experiences of the author and his friends who traveled across America.

On the Road is often regarded as a defining work of the postwar Beat Generation. The novel's protagonists live their lives against a backdrop of jazz, poetry, and drug use. They happen to be like wandering hippies.

Kerouac had formulated the idea of writing On the Road during the late 1940s. Before it, he had already written one novel. This second novel underwent several revisions before it was finally ready for print. The book's writing was over in April 1951, but it was published after six years.

When the book