1. On the Road Martin Jančar Jack Keroucac

2. Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) ► An American writer ► one of the most important representatives of Beat Generation → to live their own life, desires for a better life, happiness and freedom On the Road- autobiographical novel

3. On the Road- characters ► Sal Paradise- main charakter, portrays J. K. ► Dean Moriarty (Neal Cassady), Marylou, Carl Marx (Allen Ginsberg), Chad King (Hal Chase), Stan,Laura…

4. On the Road- plot ► New York- Sal Paradise meets Dean, Dean loves traveling ► Denver- Sal travels to Denver along the lines of Dean and he meets Deans friends, they have many home parties ► San Fran.- Sal meets an old friend from university and his girlfriend, Sal finds a job as a guard ► LA- he meets Terry and they live together, he works as a picker of cotton, then he comes back to NY ► After year Sal, Dean and Marylou go to California through New Orleans and Tuscon ► San Fran.- Marylou leaves Dean and stays with Sal

5. On the Road- plot ► Marylou leaves Sal, too, Dean rescues him a lets him to live in his house ► Dean and Sal go to NY ► Sal starts his third way across the USA, in Denver he meets Stan and Dean of course ► They decide to travel on south to Mexico City ► In Mexiko City Sal has got a fever ► Sal goes back to NY and meets with Laura ► Sal lives with Laura and Dean sets out for a journey across the USA alone

6. Interesting about the book ► One of the best novels between 1923-2005 ► Book was written in three weeks ► On a piece of several-meter roll of paper ► Dog tore the last chapter ► The book was published after 6 years

7. Advantages/disadvantages ► Advantages: traveller‘s novel, clear story line, real, characters are true friends ► Disadvanteges: novel hasn‘t got a plot, many describing landscape and nature, sometimes tedious

8. 5 words ► Rusty- rezavý ► Slippery- kluzký ► Sweat- pot ► Yawn- zívat ► Dull- nudný