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On the Road | Study Guide

Jack Kerouac

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Overview

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Author

Jack Kerouac

Year Published

1957

Type

Novel

Genre

Adventure

Perspective and Narrator

On the Road is narrated in the first person.

Tense

On the Road is narrated in the past tense.

About the Title

On the Road references the four journeys Sal takes across America.

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