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2542260 No.2542260 [Reply] [Original]

why is this book so loved?

>> No.2542264

>>2542260

because hippies gonna beat

>> No.2542270

I like the part when he goes on a road trip

>> No.2542274
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2542274

in all honesty, i don't get the acclaim for this book.
not trolling but it seems really simple

>incredibly simple writing style
>stream of consciousness, but not interesting enough thoughts (IMO)
>roadtrips repeated again and again
>not much character changing

can someone please explain to me why it's acclaimed?

>> No.2542286

bump

>> No.2542304

>>2542286
>bumping on /lit/

>> No.2542306

>>2542274
The intro, pretty much. Fucking Kerouac was high during most of it. It's pretty sloppy.

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>/lit/ will never have a srs discussion about On The Road

>> No.2542582

the beat writing was considered fresh during its release and it captured a widespread audience that way.

Over time it's become a one of the novels cited as really capturing the Americana of the 1950s and the joys of youth etc. etc.
Pretty much when people read it they want to go hitchhiking after.

>> No.2542593

because everyone loves trains and drugs

>> No.2542594

>>2542304

>mfw I've never heard of it

>> No.2542598

There's some golden situations in what I read of it, but it doesn't go anywhere.

There's no fucking plot and no fucking ideas. It's just Jack and his jerk off friends being hobos and doing slightly silly things. I stopped reading after 150 pages or so. There's not enough literary value or base entertainment value to justify reading it.

>> No.2543359

I have no idea. I hated it, I couldn't finish it.

>> No.2543417

I read the edited version, kind of liked it.

Recently picked up the Original Scroll version. It's one giant paragraph. Still an enjoyable book

>> No.2543423

To me, it was a whole bunch of meandering monotony punctuated by moments of sheer brilliance that made it well worth reading.

Kind of like life!

>> No.2543441

only extroverts like the beats.

>> No.2543448

>>2543441
i'm introverted as hell and i love the beats. except keroauc, keroauc is terrible and the worst writer of the beat generation

>> No.2543449

ok, i change my hypothesis to: only extroverts like kerouac.

>> No.2543450

>>2543449
accepted.

>> No.2543451

>>2543448
>keroauc is terrible and the worst writer of the beat generation
Something tells me you've read maybe three Beat authors at most. Or you were just looking for something edgy to say.

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2543453

It's very much of its time in most respects, thought there's a feeling of ebullience in the prose that drives it forward and makes everyone goon on pilgrimages.

there's not fuckin' way, captcha: dootect Cassidy

I'd be curious what /trv/ think of it.

>> No.2543458

>>2543451
there might have been perhaps a slight amount of hyperbole in that statement, just a little bit. a smidgen. a tidbit. an ounce.

>> No.2543462

>>2543458
Ginsberg was fucking terrible though. One well-received poem and the man is ready to open his sphincter to the world.

>> No.2543463

>>2543449
I'm quite introvert and it is one of my favorite books.

>> No.2543465

>>2543462
hell no, ginsberg was a great poet and awesome and far better than kerouac on his worst day. a little overly indebted to whitman maybe but still, a much better writer than kerouac.

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>>2543453

>> No.2543495

Most people read it when they are young. When I first read it I was twelve. I hated my life, I hated where I lived, and at the time it excited me greatly. For most people I figure it's as simple as that.

>> No.2543814

>>2543495
was it the homosexuality which you liked the best?