Question 10 • ELA 11B-CR
Kerouac’s writing in “The Railroad Earth” is loose, energetic, and rhythmic, with a flow that resembles musical improvisation. That style is most closely connected to his admiration for jazz musicians, so he would most likely agree that jazz greatly influenced the writing. The passage’s style does not by itself point specifically to haiku, Buddhist enlightenment, or an effort to launch the Beat movement.
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