The legend is that Jack Keroauc wrote "On the Road" in a three-week, benzedrine-filled marathon writing session in 1951, recounting his travels back and forth across the country. The truth is that Keroauc had decided to write "On the Road" years before he even went on the road, and had worked on multiple variations and settings for years before the three week session that produced the scroll, which later became "On the Road," fueled almost entirely by coffee.
While "On the Road" is in many ways a love letter to the mentality of Keroauc’s friend Neal Cassidy, the writing of the book itself is also a tribute to Cassidy’s writing style. Before writing the scroll, Kerouac was fascinated by a letter that Cassidy wrote over a marathon of three days, and emulated that method in writing the scroll. While "On the Road" recounts Keroauc following Cassidy’s travels across the country, it was Kerouac following Cassidy’s writing style that similarly led to "On the Road."
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You are a giant dork and did you finish the book yet because I have been waiting for it.
Good question! No, I have not yet finished the book, I hit the same wall that I hit the first time around, at about 2/3 of the way through. Discovering playing psp on the subway didn't help much either. But maybe if you weren't such a giant douchebag, I wouldn't be so hesitant to lend the book to you. Every book I lend to you comes back smelling like douche.
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