On the Road
by Jack Kerouac

On the Road: Style 1 key example

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Explanation and Analysis:

Kerouac's most famous novel was based upon his real travels and experiences, and as such, the book often reads like a memoir. The first-person narrator relays his journeys with precision: he states how and where he travelled, who he met along the way, how much he spent and for what, and the things he saw with an authoritative amount of detail. There are a litany of eccentric characters, whose voices Kerouac inhabits with slang and dialect. The novel proceeds mostly chronologically, and the reader sees everything through Sal's point of view.