...Ramisa Mehjabeen 766986 Mr.Seravalle Part 4 “On the road” by Jack Kerouac describes the huge cultural change, which began to take form in America during the 1960’s. The American pop culture included entertainment, music and sports. It was distributed across many forms of mass communication including newspaper magazines, television. Kerouac found the energy and excitement of jazz to be particularly inspiring. Beat Generation in the 1950s marked the beginnings of a major cultural turning point in the United States. Jack Kerouac dominated the literature world with a new sense of adventure during the counterculture movement of the 1960s.No author described the connection between jazz and the beat movement better than Jack Kerouac. On...
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...safety and their rights through an efficient, effective and courteous police system by strengthening internal security, vigilance mechanism, community policing, emergency preparedness for countering terrorism, reduction in crime & recovery of disaster victims by using modern managerial principles & cutting edge technology. Objectives Objectives 1. Improving law & order in the city 2. Improving traffic and road safety 3. Countering terrorism and reducing terror threats to ensure internal security 4. Prevention & detection of property crime 5. Enhancing security of VIPs & vital installations 6. Generating awareness among citizens through community policing 7. Strengthening the police force through recruitment and training 8. Providing support in disaster management for recovery of victims 9. Carrying out research, development and intelligence 10. Deployment of state of art infrastructure & technology upgradation Functions Functions 1. Prevention & control of crime 2. Providing road and traffic safety 3. Providing internal security 4. Conducting citizen awareness 5. Providing support during disasters Section 2: Inter se Priorities among Key Objectives, Success indicators and Targets Objective | Weight | Action | Success Indicator | Unit | Weight | Target / Criteria Value | | | | | | | Excellent | Very Good | Good | Fair | Poor | | | | | | | 100%...
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...The end of World War two brought upon conformity and a conservative mindset. The majority of young people's priorities were to marry, move to suburbs, and be financially successful. However, there was a young group of men who were strongly against the "American dream" that the rest of society was working for. These men were Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Neal Cassidy. They were a group of "struggling writers, students, hustlers, and drug addicts" (Wikipedia.com) better known as the "beats", and the founding fathers of the beat generation. Jack Kerouac is often seen as the leading pioneer of the beats. Kerouac was born in 1922 in Lowell, Massachusetts. Lowell was a small town, and "out of the raw outline of the legend he made out of his life in Lowell is simple and uncomplicated" (Charters 23). Kerouac had wild and vivid fantasies of making his life a legend. "He was always adapting roles, always an outsider, a spectator peering into the window like a shadow" (Charters 29). Life in Lowell would be no material for a legend, but life in New York would be. It was in New York that Kerouac was introduced to William S. Burroughs. He would become the biggest influence on Jack's life at the time. Burroughs was a writer as well, but never considered himself one. He had interest in experimenting with criminal behavior, and often had contacts in the criminal "underground". However, His confidence and style awed Kerouac. Kerouac would leave New York and later return...
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...Synthesis Essay In these three book, The Sun Also Rises, On The Road and In The Life Of Denisovich, all of the features reflect many of the aspects of the characters subcultures. The beat generation and lost generation talks about how guys go on a journey on the road while the members all of the siberian labor camp tells the reader, people's rough life trying to survive. The beat generation and lost generation goes at a much faster pace than the members of the Siberian labor camp. The Beat Generation and the Lost Generation has what's going on on a daily while the members of the Siberia says what's going on in one day. Also the tone of these three books are similar. The beat generation and the Lost Generation, the authors as a positive attitude towards these books. The author's tone is exciting because those book tells you they go out a lot and party and drunk and have fun and also get at girls. The members of the Siberian labor camp tone is more bitter. They are just trying to survive the camp so they can get back to their family. In the three books, the author uses tone, sentences structure and pace to represent these subculture. The book On The Road is a beat generation of which are more of a outgoing group. Two guys go on the road to have fun with each other and discover new things. In the book On The Road the author uses sentence structure. The paragraphs are really long because they are always on the road. “And he balled that clear to Iowa city…. and all I had to do was...
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...The beat movement had a huge impact and helped shape the culture of the 50’s to 60’s significantly by the writings published during this time. The themes written about in novels and poetry influenced music as it started to trickle out. As the years progressed on beatniks, which is a mixture of sputnik and beat, came out during the late 50’s as well as hippies during the 60’s. Jack Kerouac, Allan Ginsberg, and Lucien Carr to name but a few of the authors of the beat generation first met at Columbia University and with their professors help of challenging them, this led to beat generation forming. As they attended Columbia and their ideals began to form they started having experiences that led to their inspirations for writing. These writings began to go mainstream during the early to mid 50’s as they were published. Zen Buddhism also helped shape the writings. The three most popular are arguably, Howl by Allen Ginsberg, Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs, and On The Road by Jack Kerouac....
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...Jack Kerouac’s novel, On the Road, is about the journey of a young college-age man across the country in search of something more from his life in post-war America. The book revolves around a young man named Sal Paradise, and the whole story is told from his perspective. The rambling writing, while hard to understand sometimes, offers a detailed record of his pursuit and the ensuing antics. The story starts in 1947 where Sal meets a man named Dean Moriarty, a lively and animated man who was a “sideburned hero of the snowy West” (Kerouac 2). It was Dean who prompted Sal’s adventurous travels west. Along the way, Dean and Sal befriend Carlo Marx, an energetic young poet who shares the same view of wanting something a little more out of life. Sal’s journeys across the U.S. and to Mexico open his eyes to the good and bad, the up and downs in life. His constant stints on the road with madman Dean sometimes got him in trouble with the law. Other times, the trips allowed Sal to truly find out more about himself, and relate to Dean on a more personal level to share and connect The meaning behind the title On the Road lies in Sal’s innate desire for something more. The road in this novel comes to symbolize freedom and the solution to answer life’s problems. Sal constantly finds a refreshing sense of purity once he hits the open road, especially in the company of Dean, whose spirit was the catalyst for the voyages in the first place. However, once Sal and Dean get to Mexico City...
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...present to you the research, the designation of which is «Lexical analysis of the novel «On the road» written by Jack Kerouac». Trips, journeys, wanderings and youth are the main sources of inspiration for Jack Kerouac whose book has remained bestseller for more than 60 years. Buddhist, philosopher and travelling writer, not only wrote the book about hitchhiking, but also gave the name to the whole direction in literature and society, namely beat generation. Besides, the novel is characterized by autobiographical features since Jack Kerouac depicts the life of beat generation, the representor of which he was. From linguistic point of view, «On the road» is a unique example of spontaneous prose invented by Kerouac therefore it is an interesting material to research. Furthermore, little research has been undertaken to study the novel ‘On the Road’ as a linguistic phenomenon. The actuality of the theme of our research consists in research of the emotive prose as a linguistic prose, stylistic and lexical peculiarities of which are not investigated enough. The purpose of this study is to examine and analyze lexical and stylistic items used in novel ‘On the Road’ by Jack Kerouac. The tasks of our paper lie in description of stylistic characteristics of emotive prose, in detection and analysis of lexical and stylistic items in the novel. The object of the research is the novel ‘On the Road’ written by Jack Kerouac. The subject of the paper are stylistic and lexical special features...
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...The Beat Generation of the post-war 1950s is the Lost Generation of disillusioned rebellious young men looking for freedom and self-expression. It is a religious generation on a spiritual quest back and forth in the lands of America. A relatively small movement in terms of published literature, the Beatnik generation's literary sphere was dominated by three leading figures: Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William Burroughs. The writings of these figures generally focused on the major themes of the generation itself, advocating a modern bohemian hedonism far exceeding that of any other movement of the 20th century.The most prominent and famous writer of this Beat Generation, Jack Kerouac, portrays his journeys through America in his autobiographical novel On the Road. In the book, Sal Paradise, the literary equivalent of Jack Kerouac, is a writer outsider in the search of a place under the sun. He is bored, disillusioned, and unhappy. Upon meeting his hero, Dean Moriarty, Paradise goes on a journey through the lands of America and Mexico, experimenting with drugs, sex, and alcohol, hitchhiking, stealing, sleeping under the sun, starving, yet engaging in exuberant and memorable experiences. Both friends rebel against the conformist American dream and go on the road to break with conventions and rules, with heightened expectations of what life should be and what life could actually offer. As they follow through their travels, the way they interact or exist in the different...
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...album is a my favorite country singer and the four songs that I have chosen to write about are “Dirt Road Anthem”, “Tattoos On This Town”, “Church Pew Or Bar Stool” and “My Kinda Party.” I will elaborate on four elements of popular music in each song that meets the terms in our textbook. For the conclusion portion of this album review I will also explain how this “My Kinda Party” represents an example of popular music according to our text “Popular Music in America” written by Michael Campbell. My favorite song from Jason Aldean’s “My Kinda Party” is titled “Dirt Road Anthem”. This song is somewhat unusual for Jason Aldean’s normal performance style. The chorus is sang with his normal sounding “twangy” voice. However the verses are heavily influence by rap and expressed in a fast paced rhythm and a low-pitched voice during his rhymes. The Instrumentation of this song includes the electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, percussion and piano. The chorus contains elements of rock music and uses the electric guitar. The chorus also has an 8-beat rhythm. During each rap verse the beat changes to a 16 beat rhythm. Another song I really enjoyed on this album is track number eleven titled “Texas Was You” on Jason Aldean’s 2010 album “My Kinda Party.” This song contains elements of both country music and rock music. “Texas Was You” also keeps a four beat rhythm. An electric guitar, bass and percussion instruments accompany Jason’s vocals. Aldean’s performance...
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...choose this subject because I find it too be an issue with rules on the road getting more strict as I am a driver in my city. Should Massachusetts have a low speed limit? If 30 mph was not slow enough try on 25 the state is pushing its safety measures. Will 25mph ensure more safety? It may be a bother to try to stay at the speed limit but I think it will ensure people protection. I will have too source records of crashes due to speeding in the city through Mass-Dots database or police reports. January 9th 2017 Massachusetts mayor Marty Walsh and his transportation committee signed this bill to reduce the speed limit from 30mph to 25mph on streets that do not have a speed limit sign. Other measures such as signs and new legislation put forward to slow down the drivers in Massachusetts. Speeding has numerous consequences, such as tickets accidents, deaths and car issues. Changing the speed limit to be low will greatly increase the safety of our citizens by giving the driver a better reaction time. One of the main reasons for crashes is speeding. People die in crashes. I have also watched the news a lot to hear enough bike rider hit n runs. What affects or changes has this law of 25 mph made to the commonwealth of...
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...The Beats were a criticism of American complacency and an expression of new forms of literature that has constantly influenced our society and living. The Beat generation started from a group of American writers who emerged in the 1950s. Among many Beat Generation writers, most influential members were Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs and Gary Snyder. All the writers have contributed to the literature society in their own different and unique way. Here in this essay, I will explore on unique characteristics or contributions that each writer has made on our literature society. Norman Mailer was a predominant writer in 1950s. He is mostly known as the writer of “White Negro”. He contributed on our literature by clarifying who Beat Generations are and how do we define them. In his essay The White Negro, he defined the Beatnik as young white people who like Jazz and swing music so much that they adopted black culture as their own. Beatniks adopted the African American vernacular language to differentiate themselves from the so-called “Mainstream”. The word they use is semantically flexible that words such as man, beat, cool, swing, with it, crazy, dig, flip, creep and hip can mean hundreds different things depending upon context to tone and rhythm. By further defining and exploring the meaning of Beat Generation, he allowed others to see what beat generation is truly about. Without his essay “The White Negro”, people would have interpreted Beat Generation...
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...to their intended audience. Imagery, rhymes, symbolism, among other ingredients of figurative language is among the commonly used stylistic devices that poets use. This paper seeks to identify imagery, metaphors, rhyme and structure in three specific poems and identifying the effect, which such figurative language has had on the content and the message of the poems. Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken This is a poem where the poet gives a description of how he met two diverging roads in a yellow road and took the road the road that was less travelled, a decision that brought the big difference in his life. The message presented in the poem is very moving where the poet is speaking about making a decision out of two competing situations. Imagery- the first line of the poem creates an image where the reader is taken to a yellow wood and the poet describes of the two roads at the yellow woods. In the second stanza, the poet provides an image of the grassy road that also wanted wear. This clicks an image to the reader on the condition that the poet was in and a description of the road. The poet in this piece has tried to involve the reader in getting him or her in getting to understand the situation that he was in. Metaphors- the metaphor presented in this poem is of life and the uncertainty of the decisions that we make. There are times when situations leave us at confusing states where we have to make decisions. As per the lines of the poem, it took a long time for...
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...Delhi. The travel time is close to 7 hours, including break for a meal and photography. The route one can follow is Delhi - Karnal - Shahabad - (right turn) - Saha - Naraingarh - Kala Amb - Nahan - Renuka. The roads are more or less good with hilly terrain starting a little after Naraingarh I believe. The last stretch from Nahan to Renuka is a single lane road with occassional potholes, but manageable for any car. Apart from the Renuka Lake, which is covered on all sides by dense green forests, the place has a temple, a zoo and a 3.5 kms track along the lake where on could walk and experience complete desolute. When we visited Renuka Lake in early 2011, we made it a day trip, but if one intends to stay overnight, there is a wonderful HPTDC property right at the shores of the lake. The contact numbers are: ADDRESS : Hotel Yamuna, Paonta Sahib (HP) 173025. Tel: 01704-222341, 224161. Esepcialy during the monsoon, Renuka Lake can be a wonderful destination for people who love to travel with families and spend a relaxing weekend away from the mad city rush. 2. Tirthan Valley Tirthan Valley lies towards east of the town of Kullu, nestled on the borders of the Great Himlayan National Park and is the perfect place if you want to be in the hills and beat the tourist rush. Although 3 days ex Delhi isn't enough to explore this marvel of nature, but its a good weekend getaway if you don't mind driving 10-12 hours one way to reach there. The best itinerary you...
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...it more difficult to bring unorganized workers into unions and it contributed to the decline of organized labor’s share of the nation’s workforce. The Taft-Hartley Act shifted away from a federal policy encouraging unionization, resulting in the freedom, from employer intimidation or coercion, of the right of the employees. Entry 4: The Beats The Beats were a small group of poets and writers that could be found in New York City, San Francisco, and other college towns like Madison and Wisconsin. The Beats were a non-conformist group of individuals that railed against the mainstream culture of their times and rejected the traditional artistic and social principles. There writing topics included an emphasis on a spiritual yearning, drugs, sexuality, and even coined imagery from religions including Buddhism, Judaism, and Catholicism. Some of the prevalent works involved with the Beats were Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, Allen Ginsberg’s Howl, and William S. Burroughs’ Naked Lunch. Jack Kerouac’s On the Road was considered the bible for the younger generation because they also rejected the culture of the time. These writers coined the word “beat” to describe their non-conformist was of life and their free style of writing. Entry 5: The Cuban Missile Crisis and Events that Surrounded It Occurring on October 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation arose between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. This conflict was the closest the world had gotten...
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...really think that is THAT horrible that they are moving that slow, how about you pass them on the right and go about your merry way. there is nothing stopping you from taking the 10 seconds to pass them. then you could speed along your merry way. this article was well written, i will not lie, however, saying that all drivers need to go fast or faster to be allowed in the left lane is utter nonsense... speed limits were made for the speed that it was averaged out to be. if the speed limit is in fact 60 and that person is going 60, they do NOT need to be cited. the ones that need to be cited are the tailgaters, road ragers and in general...
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