Read the excerpt from On the Road.With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life you could call my life on the road. Before that I’d often dreamed of going West to see the country, always vaguely planning and never taking off. What quality of the beat generation does Kerouac express in this excerpt?

Kerouac describes dreaming about going West to see the country and finally beginning a life “on the road.” This shows a willingness to travel and seek new experiences, which expresses the beat generation’s spirit of adventure. Although he mentions earlier delays, the excerpt emphasizes setting off rather than continuing to procrastinate.

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