Njengoba kunikezwe lesi sigaba ngoJack Kerouac, ngitshele ukuthi wakhulela kuphi, yayiyini incwadi yakhe edume kunazo zonke, yashicilelwa nini leyo ncwadi, futhi wayeyingxenye yiphi inhlangano?
Context:Njengoba ayengowozalo lwamaFulentshi aseCanada, uKerouac wakhulela ekhaya elikhuluma isiFulentshi eLowell, eMassachusetts. "Wafunda isiNgisi eneminyaka eyisithupha ubudala futhi wakhuluma ngesigqi esiphawulekayo kwaze kwaba sekupheleni kweminyaka yakhe yobusha". Phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, wakhonza e-United States Merchant Marine; waqeda inoveli yakhe yokuqala ngaleso sikhathi, eyanyatheliswa eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-40 ngemva kokufa kwakhe. Incwadi yakhe yokuqala eyashicilelwa kwakuyiThe Town and the City (1950), futhi wathola udumo nokwaziwa kabanzi ngeyesibili yakhe, On the Road, ngo-1957. Lokhu kwamenza waba isithonjana somculo, futhi waqhubeka nokushicilela amanye amanoveli angu-12 namavolumu amaningi ezinkondlo.  UKerouac waziwa ngesitayela sakhe sokubhala indatshana engahleliwe. Ngokwezihloko, umsebenzi wakhe uhlanganisa izihloko ezinjengomoya wakhe wamaKatolika, i-jazz, ukuhamba, ukuziphatha okubi, impilo eNew York City, ubuBuddha, izidakamizwa nobuphofu. Waba udumo olungaphansi komhlaba futhi, kanye namanye amaBeat, waba umzali wenhlangano yamahippie, nakuba ayelokhu ephikisana nezinye zezingxenye zayo eziphikelelayo kwezombangazwe. Unefa elihlala njalo, elithonya kakhulu izimpawu eziningi zamasiko zama-1960s, kuhlanganise noBob Dylan, amaBeatles, uJerry Garcia namaDoors.  Ngo-1969, eneminyaka engu-47, uKerouac washona ngenxa yokopha esiswini okubangelwa ukuphila kwakhe konke ephuza ngokweqile. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, udumo lwakhe lwezincwadi luye lwakhula, futhi kuye kwanyatheliswa izincwadi eziningana ezingakaze zibonwe.
UJack Kerouac wakhulela eLowell, eMassachusetts. Incwadi yakhe edume kunazo zonke, ethi On the Road, yanyatheliswa ngo-1957. Wayeyilungu leqembu leBeats.