... mad and egocentric. The story ends up with the author or Sal Paradise, making a reflection on America after all the experience he has obtained through his journeys: So in America when the sun goes down and I sit on the old broken-down river pier watching the long, long skies over New Jersey and ... the story, one does not get enough with the simple ending for Sal; it is lacking the knowledge that he is supposed to have acquired with the journeys. A good ending for Sal would be to completely end with the friendship with Dean Moriarty and to learn that all the time that he was with ... is...

• Word Count: 3797
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

... of blacklisting is occurring at present. To read Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" is to experience a transfer of energy from one imagery to another until his final exaltation of word repetition. He journeys steadily from the macro to the micro. Countless images are conjured up, each dissolving into another and never seeming to repeat until you reach one final comprehensive line, which seems ... ...

• Word Count: 2637
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

... the Road by Jack Kerouac and Howl by Allen Ginsberg. Kerouac's piece, a semi-autobiographical tale, depicting the travels and interactions of Kerouac and his friends. The book retells of the journeys of the group across the country for a period of three years. It includes anecdote about buses and hitchhiking which were all parallels of Kerouac's experiences. From the constant movement of ... ...

• Word Count: 4095
• Approx Pages: 16
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School