Larel+R.

=**May 10, 2010 - Preliminary research**=

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 * Working thesis statement:**

The beat generation had alot of different aspects connected to it, from its artistical growth of a nation to the new freedoms being expressed. By looking at the new cultural development that was being explored, the increase in revenue do to new work being created and taboo's the political parties exposed for use of their own gain it is apparent the beat generation was the beginning of an American "renaissance".


 * Working bibliography:**

1.Kenneth Keniston. "Social Change and youth in America". jstor.org. 1962. MIT press. 5/8/10.

2. "The beat generation". shvoong.com. 4/13/2009. 5/8/10

3. "Beat Generation". Art and populare culture.com. 2009. 5/8/10

4. "Allen Ginsberg." //LitFinder Contemporary Collection//. Detroit: Gale, 2007. //LitFinder for Schools//. Web. 8 May 2010.

5. PR : Jack Kerouac. On the Road. New York, New York. Penguin Group. 1956.

6. PR : Carey Nelson. "English.illinois.edu"."Modern American Poetry". 5/8/10

7. PR : Charlie Parker. Night and Day. 1952.

8. Deal Union. "Beat Generation". Bluesforpeace.com. 1998. 5/8/10

Larel Rosebar Period 02 5/15/10 a. Music, love, life and deferentiality are all the key elements that played a part in the beat movement. i. The beat generation was a time of new creativity and a cultural boom. ii. The beat generation had just started after world war two and some people believe that it was mainly started by a man named Jack Kerouac. iii. Kerouac purpose was not to start a new movement but to explore America and what new opportunities the world had to offer. iv. Because of his willingness to be different from the crowd and not hide behind the taboo barriers that was placed upon the society during the time he created a movement that had spread across America and the world and had won the hearts and souls and millions of people. v. Kerouac had helped the common man separate himself from the stereotypical thresholds of not doing the same thing and to become free of one’s opinion on how there life should be lead. vi. Writer, musicians, and artists had begun to tear away from the old paths of doing their trade to discover new ways and thoughts of how to create their own individualized work. vii. These trades began to recognize that they no longer had to follow a certain way of doing their work and had started to create new ideas and beliefs of what they thought were acceptable. b. A figure that was derived from the beat generation is the word hippie. i. It means that someone is a person who rejects the boundaries of the current culture and wishes to be different from those that are around them. ii. People from the beat generation had explored ideas at the time that the normal populous had thought were taboos or subjects that were not meant to be engaged upon. iii. For example drug use, homosexuality, new forms of writing were mainly what people from the beat generation explored and wanted to know more about. iv. Beatniks (term used for people of the beat generation) had also questioned problems and situation and preferred not to let things go unanswered. v. If a person dares to question unfair rules or create and original thought that is what the beat is about and still continues to live on. c. The beat generation had allot of different aspects connected to it, from it’s artistically growth of a nation to the new freedoms being expressed. i. By looking at the new cultural development that was being explored, the increase in revenue do to new work being created and taboo's the political parties exposed for use of their own gain it is apparent the beat generation was the beginning of Americas "renaissance". ii. The word renaissance means to be a rebirth or new learning of something. Europe had a renaissance and in a way the beat movement or generation was America’s renaissance. iii. The renaissance in Europe was times when people had explored new things and new ideas and it was during a time were people that considered new ideas and thoughts were thought to be crazy or different. iv. The same thing here with the beat generation, musicians like Charlie parker had left the barriers of jazz behind to create new ways of making jazz music. People thought that he was crazy to do so but people like him are the ones that lead the way for the new type of jazz to be created. d. One cultural taboo at the time was homosexuality. i. Writers like Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs had led the way for these groups of people to finally become open and free about the person that they really are. ii. They wrote novels and other literature that they used to not only talk about their sexuality but of drug use. iii. This is the type of cultural advancement that led to America new renaissance or understanding of these subjects at the time. iv. Without these for runners like these people during the beat movement the type of understanding that America has developed up until today could not have been achieved. v. Religion at the time of the beat generation was a sketchy subject. vi. The main religion at the time in America was Christianity and the people of the United States were very deeply believed it was the only religion but the beatniks thought otherwise. vii. Beatniks began to explore other religions like Islam, atheism and confusinisim just to name a few but buddishim was the main religion studied by the beat generation. viii. The beatniks mainly studied Buddhism because it involved a sense of being one with nature and also because in the Buddhist religion they chose not to practice violence and it was really a religion that didn’t quiet have an impact on America yet. ix. Thanks to the beatnik generation though, Buddhism became part of the American culture along with many other religions that America has grown to envelop and one reason why America had grown to know this religion was because the beat generation chose to embark upon it to know more about it. x. Because the beatniks chose to learn more about Buddhism and other religions it also shows how the beat generation led to the cultural development of America. e. Even though the beat generation was a time of finding yourself and exploring new ideas the people that participated in the time era and people who lived during it still made money. i. Because of the new works being created it meant that more jobs and money were being made elsewhere. ii. For example the illegal use of buying drugs had its trickle effect because beatniks that wanted drugs had to find a drug dealer to buy the drugs from and the drugs dealers had to buy supplies and other things of that nature that resulted to more drugs be sold. iii. Art works had a big impact on money that began to flow into the economy also. Since there were new musicians who embraced the ideas of the beat generation they often created new and interesting music and if the music became popular it meant that people would buy those songs which meant once again more money put into circulation. iv. Artist had created new and out of the ordinary types of paintings that people often stared at for hours just to find out what they were trying to convey. v. The new and unlike any other paintings is what made people want them. These paintings didn’t just go for chump change, these paintings were thousands of dollars and all this money didn’t just go to the painter some of the money they made did go back to the economy. vi. Writers were creating books that were soaring to the tops best seller lists, and people all over the world were buying books of the beat generation. f. All of these works and the money they created had added to the type of renaissance that America was experiencing. i. Presidents during the time of the beat generation often didn’t like what the beatniks stood for and what they did. ii. A lot of the presidents that tried to get into the oval office often exposed the things that the beat generation did or participated in. iii. People in politics usually talked of how the beatniks were people that were no good and had been going along as people who just tried to get along the easy way and didn’t contribute to America and what America was about. iv. For example president Dwight d Eisenhower had used the beat generation as one of his main focal points when running for office. He talked of how these beatniks were participating in homosexual activity and of the drug use that was occurring with this group of people. v. The tactics that people like President Eisenhower used to get into office often worked because people like the beatniks were a misunderstood group of people that not really a lot of people knew about. g. The things that President Eisenhower and other political officials have told people about the beat generation are true but the way in which these people present this information about these people is totally wrong. i. Sure these people may live like bums and chose to think outside the box but they aren’t doing it just because they felt a need to, there doing it because they didn’t want to live by the rules of society any more. Instead of conforming to the rules of society they decided to make new rules. Beatniks are the leaders that people often talk about. ii. The ones push forward and find new ways to accomplish the same task. Beatniks are the ones that chose to take the criticism and be different. This is what a renaissance is all about, someone to discover new findings and idea and to learn more about them. iii. To see what it is that made that thing occur. iv. The presidents that criticized the beatniks are the ones that represent the people who criticize the ones that do things in different ways. v. A renaissance is a whole era of new beginnings and learning’s. vi. The beat generation was the era of America that had developed new learning and thinking of new ways to find out how things work. vii.
 * Outline:**
 * __Rough Draft:__**

Music, love, life and deferentiality are all the key elements that played a part in the beat movement. The beat generation was a time of new creativity and a cultural boom. The beat generation had just started after world war two and some people believe that it was mainly started by a man named Jack Kerouac. Kerouac purpose was not to start a new movement but to explore America and what new opportunities the world had to offer. Because of his willingness to be different from the crowd and not hide behind the taboo barriers that was placed upon the society during the time he created a movement that had spread across America and the world and had won the hearts and souls and millions of people. Kerouac had helped the common man separate himself from the stereotypical thresholds of not doing the same thing and to become free of one’s opinion on how there life should be lead. Writer, musicians, and artists had begun to tear away from the old paths of doing their trade to discover new ways and thoughts of how to create their own individualized work. These trades began to recognize that they no longer had to follow a certain way of doing their work and had started to create new ideas and beliefs of what they thought were acceptable. A figure that was derived from the beat generation is the word hippie. It means that someone is a person who rejects the boundaries of the current culture and wishes to be different from those that are around them. People from the beat generation had explored ideas at the time that the normal populous had thought were taboos or subjects that were not meant to be engaged upon. For example drug use, homosexuality, new forms of writing were mainly what people from the beat generation explored and wanted to know more about. Beatniks (term used for people of the beat generation) had also questioned problems and situation and preferred not to let things go unanswered. If a person dares to question unfair rules or create and original thought that is what the beat is about and still continues to live on. The beat generation had alot of different aspects connected to it, from it’s artistically growth of a nation to the new freedoms being expressed. By looking at the new cultural development that was being explored, the increase in revenue do to new work being created and taboo's the political parties exposed for use of their own gain it is apparent the beat generation was the beginning of Americas "renaissance". The word renaissance means to be a rebirth or new learning of something. Europe had a renaissance and in a way the beat movement or generation was America’s renaissance. The renaissance in Europe was times when people had explored new things and new ideas and it was during a time were people that considered new ideas and thoughts were thought to be crazy or different. The same thing here with the beat generation, musicians like Charlie parker had left the barriers of jazz behind to create new ways of making jazz music. People thought that he was crazy to do so but people like him are the ones that lead the way for the new type of jazz to be created. One cultural taboo at the time was homosexuality. Writers like Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs had led the way for these groups of people to finally become open and free about the person that they really are. They wrote novels and other literature that they used to not only talk about their sexuality but of drug use. This is the type of cultural advancement that led to America new renaissance or understanding of these subjects at the time. Without these for runners like these people during the beat movement the type of understanding that America has developed up until today could not have been achieved. Religion at the time of the beat generation was a sketchy subject. The main religion at the time in America was Christianity and the people of the United States were very deeply believed it was the only religion but the beatniks thought otherwise. Beatniks began to explore other religions like Islam, atheism and confusinisim just to name a few but buddishim was the main religion studied by the beat generation. The beatniks mainly studied Buddhism because it involved a sense of being one with nature and also because in the Buddhist religion they chose not to practice violence and it was really a religion that didn’t quiet have an impact on America yet. Thanks to the beatnik generation though, Buddhism became part of the American culture along with many other religions that America has grown to envelop and one reason why America had grown to know this religion was because the beat generation chose to embark upon it to know more about it. Because the beatniks chose to learn more about Buddhism and other religions it also shows how the beat generation led to the cultural development of America. Even though the beat generation was a time of finding yourself and exploring new ideas the people that participated in the time era and people who lived during it still made money. Because of the new works being created it meant that more jobs and money were being made elsewhere. For example the illegal use of buying drugs had its trickle effect because beatniks that wanted drugs had to find a drug dealer to buy the drugs from and the drugs dealers had to buy supplies and other things of that nature that resulted to more drugs be sold. Art works had a big impact on money that began to flow into the economy also. Since there were new musicians who embraced the ideas of the beat generation they often created new and interesting music and if the music became popular it meant that people would buy those songs which meant once again more money put into circulation. Artist had created new and out of the ordinary types of paintings that people often stared at for hours just to find out what they were trying to convey. The new and unlike any other paintings is what made people want them. These paintings didn’t just go for chump change, these paintings were thousands of dollars and all this money didn’t just go to the painter some of the money they made did go back to the economy. Writers were creating books that were soaring to the tops best seller lists, and people all over the world were buying books of the beat generation. All of these works and the money they created had added to the type of renaissance that America was experiencing. Presidents during the time of the beat generation often didn’t like what the beatniks stood for and what they did. A lot of the presidents that tried to get into the oval office often exposed the things that the beat generation did or participated in. People in politics usually talked of how the beatniks were people that were no good and had been going along as people who just tried to get along the easy way and didn’t contribute to America and what America was about. For example president Dwight d Eisenhower had used the beat generation as one of his main focal points when running for office. He talked of how these beatniks were participating in homosexual activity and of the drug use that was occurring with this group of people. The tactics that people like President Eisenhower used to get into office often worked because people like the beatniks were a misunderstood group of people that not really a lot of people knew about. The things that President Eisenhower and other political officials have told people about the beat generation are true but the way in which these people present this information about these people is totally wrong. Sure these people may live like bums and chose to think outside the box but they aren’t doing it just because they felt a need to, there doing it because they didn’t want to live by the rules of society any more. Instead of conforming to the rules of society they decided to make new rules. Beatniks are the leaders that people often talk about. The ones push forward and find new ways to accomplish the same task. Beatniks are the ones that chose to take the criticism and be different. This is what a renaissance is all about, someone to discover new findings and idea and to learn more about them. To see what it is that made that thing occur. The presidents that criticized the beatniks are the ones that represent the people who criticize the ones that do things in different ways. A renaissance is a whole era of new beginnings and learning’s. The beat generation was the era of America that had developed new learning and thinking of new ways to find out how things work.