Co-opting the Beat Generation

studies of Dylan Thomas. Like Kerouac,nThomas killed himself with the bottlenbecause he was unable to resolve thenhurts and conflicts of his youth. In Onnthe Road, Kerouac unwittingly revealsnthis dilemma, "The one thing that wenyearn for in our living days, that makesnus sigh and groan and undergo sweetnnauseas of all . . .