/lit/ - Literature

In Kerouac's 'On The Road' the characters frequently waltz into a new town and pick up a half decent job on the spot that requires no qualification and allows them to support themselves.
The characters then bail with confidence that they can find something similar in the next town.

I think this jars with today's youth. For even an entry level job we need X qualification, X years experience and X connections.

I personally feel jealous of that element that the beat generation enjoyed.

This Christmas I got:

Metamorphisis- F.Kafka
On The Road- J.Kerouac
Brave New World- A.Huxley
East of Eden- J.Steinbeck
Paradise Lost- J.Milton
Anna Karenina- L.Tolstoy


I also bought my sister 'Of Mice and Men'. She doesn't read much so I thought something simple, short and emotive would be good to get her started.