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    spontaneity‚ and freedom‚ which are all themes in The Subterraneans written by Jack Kerouac. In this case‚ both jazz poetry and jazz music were seen as influential statements against the status quo‚ which encompass the cultural phenomenon that is beatnik culture. After reading Jack Kerouac’s The Subterraneans‚ which can be described

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    He has grown to old and can’t keep up with the present day. Someone that has turned tired of the image he has created of himself. An image where he wish he had never created. Jack Kerouac even said to himself‚ “Some sort of sea beatnik‚ tho anybody wants to call me a beatnik for THIS better try it if they dare.(27)” To explore the possibility of salvation he has met and to explain the purpose of this book to the audience. But not only that‚ I want to also be able to fit alcoholism into this essay.

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    pictures‚ i was able to uncover a lot more about poems and articles and important people we did not cover and it was very interesting. First off one of the thing’s that took my interest was some people who bassicly were influntial towards the all the beatniks and the culture they had especially one man who was gregory corso who wrote probably one of the contrivertional pieces and one of the earliest known poems about the existance of the nuclear bomb‚ wich caught my attention especially a quote he had

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    Marxism in Hardcore Punk

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    Marxism in Hardcore Punk Hardcore punk was a short-lived subculture in the early 80’s that came as a response to the punk movement of the late 70’s. Hardcore took the music and ideologies of punk music‚ and pushed them to the extreme. The music was faster and heavier‚ the crowds were more aggressive‚ and the attitudes were more intense.  Hardcore was a highly influential movement that sparked genres like thrash‚ powerviolence‚ grindcore‚ metalcore‚ and many others. It’s also responsible for

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    in the late 1960’s. Freedom of expression through music lead to people living their lives with these values. Hippies in the late 60’s and 70’s were very influential in making changes in American culture and living a free and creative lifestyle. Hippies fought for what was wrong with American society. Hippies stood for many things like women’s rights‚ civil rights‚ and gay rights. Hippies were most prevalant during the 1960’s and 1970’s during major social changes in

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    Definition of a Hippie

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    the 1960’s. The “hippies” were a large amount of people who believed in the same‚ basic‚ simple things. Everyone back in those days and still today have their own opinion on the hippies and what they stood for. The real definition of a hippie is: a usually young person who rejects the mores of established society (as by dressing unconventionally or favoring communal living) and advocates a nonviolent ethic; broadly: a long-haired unconventionally dressed young person. The hippies were much more than

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    Bebop Jazz and The Beat Poets A throbbing pulsation of a drum with rapid‚ short strokes‚ a plucking sound form a string instrument‚ and a couple of lively voices come together to create rhythm and harmony‚ all while building a statement. An enormous crowd of dark bodies move to the beat of the harmonious sounds‚ some tenderly swaying‚ others aggressively thumping their feet. This scene is familiar to the nineteenth-century in New Orleans. Notorious architect‚ Benjamin Latrobe‚ had witnessed

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    to the previous generations. They believed in peace‚ love‚ freedom‚ and had a great amount of respect not only for others‚ but for our earth. Hippies believed that everyone should be equal‚ and money should not separate us. The main force behind their different outlooks were the drugs‚ free sex‚ and rock n roll‚ which then led them to protest. The hippies went against the American Dream‚ and American culture. The largest factor in their different style of life was the drugs‚ because it had altered

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    day. They came to be known as‚ the Hippies. The Hippie movement originated in San Francisco‚ California and spread across the United States‚ through Canada‚ and into parts of Europe (World Book)‚ but the Hippie movement had its greatest influence in America. During the 1960’s a radical subculture labeled as Hippies stunned America with their alternative lifestyle and radical beliefs. All Hippies were young‚ from the ages of 15 to 25(Worldbook). The young hippies split from their families for various

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