Having recently divorced and recovered from an illness, he meets a chaotic young man named Dean Moriarty (based on Kerouac’s close friend Neal Cassady) whose exuberance has a profound effect on him. Sal Paradise (based on Kerouac) is a young writer living on the East Coast of the US in the late 1940s. Hailed as a modern classic, it was adapted into a film (released in 2012) by the same name. With its vibrant characters and incredible life experiences, the novel is an indelible snapshot of mid-century American restlessness and a burgeoning counterculture. Many consider On the Road one of the 20th century’s most important and influential novels. In striking contrast to these intellectuals, however, is the central character, whose journeys are more literal-and whose love of life on the road is infectious. Burroughs (who penned the 1959 novel Naked Lunch). Sal Paradise (Kerouac’s pseudonym) is the story’s protagonist and narrator, while other key characters stand in for fellow Beat luminaries in his circle, including poet Allen Ginsberg (best known for the revolutionary 1956 poem Howl) and writer William S.
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