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The Nonconformist Versus Society
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The Non Conformist
Versus
Society
Personified by Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg
The Life of Kerouac
The Life of Ginsberg
How Was Ginsberg an Individual?
How Was Kerouac an Individual?
There are three major points which identify Kerouac as a nonconformist:
- His travels across the Americas
- The abuse of alcohol and drugs
- His nuanced views on spirituality
Ginsberg's individuality can be explained through:
- His highly controversial poetry
- His openness to homosexuality
- Rigorous activism on behalf of many causes
- Jack Kerouac was an American author
- Born March 12, 1922
- Attended Columbia University with a scholarship
- Dropped out
- Continued to live in New York's Upper West Side
- He met his lifelong friends there, later called the Beat Generation
- Traveled throughout the United States
- Began writing in the 1950s
- Has a vast collection of writing from his lifetime
- Afflicted by alcoholism for his entire adult life
- Died October 21 1969 at age 47
- American poet
- Born June 3, 1926
- Attended Columbia university
- Graduated in 1948
- Moved to San Francisco
- Wrote the poem "Howl" which was published in 1956
- Highly controversial
- Wrote vigorously, large body of work
- He was openly gay, it was a major theme of his work
- Played a central role in the Beat Generation
- Close friends of fellow writers and artists
- Fought for equality and was an avid activist
- Died April 5, 1997
Impact and Relation to Society
- Actively fought for progressive movements which are considered commonplace today
- Had a massive role in the acceptance of homosexuality and the entire gay community
- His major work, Howl, changed the nature of poetry
- Kerouac's major work, On The Road, took hold of American society
- He was often called upon as an influence to progressive movements
- He criticized and rejected conventional lifestyle
- Ultimately served to forward the idea that experiences and culture are the pathway to fuller life
Individuality, Nonconformity, and Society
Concluding
Thoughts
- Individuality
- Kerouac and Ginsberg were unique people with strange ideas and lifestyles
- Consistently resisting social norms
- Nonconformity
- They refused to adhere by the guidelines of the society they lived in
- Instead creating spaces where they could exist comfortably within it
- Society
- There was a movement against them from very strong powers
- Their works were eventually considered some of the most influential of the time and place
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