On the Road, by Jack Kerouac was considered to be the first "beat" novel.

The lifestyle of beats is explained as going against mainstream norms. The

two main characters in the novel Dean and Sal both go against normal

society. On the Road was written during a time when mainstream society was

in to materialistic possessions. The average person was concerned with

having a good paying job and raising a family in the suburbs. Beatniks had the

complete opposite goals in life then the average person. Beats wanted to be

different and not be tied down to a signal job for the rest of their lives. They

believed that mainstream society were slaves to the system. Dean and Sal

lived their life one day at a time not worrying about where they were going to

sleep or get money for the next meal. Dean and Sal's lives were based

opposite of the typical persons life; and that is how the

money to stay alive. Dean worked wherever he could to make money for

girls and use them for sex. "We picked up two girls, a pretty young blond and

new and different people. "The greatest ride in my life was about to come up,

picking up every single soul they found on that road-the most smiling, cheerful

conning me and I knew it (for room and board and how to write), and he

other like heartbreaking new friends (p4)." Dean also, went against common

was a young jail kid all hung-up on the wonderful possibilities of becoming a

relationship or starting a family.

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