Read the excerpt from On the Road. As we rode in the bus in the weird phosphorescent void of the Lincoln Tunnel we leaned on each other with fingers waving and yelled and talked excitedly, and I was beginning to get the bug like Dean. He was simply a youth tremendously excited with life, and though he was a con-man, he was only conning because he wanted so much to live and to get involved with people who would otherwise pay no attention to him. What does this excerpt demonstrate about the culture of the beat generation? Beat artists most desired safe and sensible life experiences. Beat artists most desired direct and varied life experiences. Beat artists most desired comfortable and pampered life experiences. Beat artists most desired disciplined and prestigious life experiences.
