Saturday, January 9, 2010

On the Road

Hi Everyone! I hope that you are having a great weekend and that you have thought a little bit more about the importance of the roads we choose to travel. That being said, please just post a comment here on your reading of Kerouac's On the Road. What do you think so far?
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6 comments:

  1. JamesJanuary 10, 2010 at 9:36 AM

    One thing that I think is incredibly interesting is that I cannot tell that he is on drugs. He seems so sane (at least up to where I have read), and he has all his details down.

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  2. JamesJanuary 10, 2010 at 10:11 AM

    http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/01/08/fashion/201010110_PULSE_SLIDESHOW_7.html

    I sense a class field trip to Gagosian Gallery

    http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/2010-01-06_ed-ruscha/
    http://www.gagosian.com/contact/

    (Gagosian is where Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami, Francis Bacon, and Damien Hirst have been exhibited, and was the gallery in the book I lent you)

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  3. EmmaJanuary 10, 2010 at 11:49 AM

    Hello! im here and have found the blog! yay!
    I have to agree with James on the fact that he does not seem to be heavily on drugs. Some of the sentences that he uses are a bit awkward and the punctuation seems strange, but the details he includes about his travels are really vivid. Altho i notice that he sometimes does not include names of individuals he has traveled with, especially with groups of people, but thats probably normal for anyone trying to remember their journeys.

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  4. antonyJanuary 10, 2010 at 4:50 PM

    I'm liking the book so far. What annoys me is that he mentions many people but never bothers to explain them. I like how connected the characters are. For example, both he and Gene know Slim. Also, in chapter 6 he ends up meeting the sailor from the night before and asks him about the blonde girl.

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  5. DavidJanuary 10, 2010 at 9:51 PM

    Jack Kerouac narrates with a young, energetic voice. His story moves at a pretty quick pace (within the first fifteen pages we've gone from New York City to Iowa). Certain elements of his writing distracted me from the story- his run-on sentences and use of poetic language for the sake of sounding poetic. Overall, though, it has an interesting story line that's easy to jump right into...

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  6. ClaireJanuary 10, 2010 at 9:57 PM

    I think the thought progression of the characters is very logical. for example, Sal's life changes when he and his wife split up, so he is open to different possibilities and finally going on his road trip. I also think that the way he keeps putting it off reminds me a lot of myself, so it makes him a bit more relatable.
    The run on sentences can be a bit distracting, because they contain a lot of different ideas all mushed up together, but if they're broken apart piece by piece its easier to get through.

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