The parallel between Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Jack Kerouac’s On the Road
The concept of the American dream was a topic of interest for many writers in the mid of the twentieth century;Jack Kerouac’s On the Roadis a novel that discusses the idea of the American Dream and how itwas corrupted after the end of World War II and the Cold War. During this time, the economic life in American is flourished and people began to move from the towns to the cities searching for a better life and future and pursing after wealth and money. On the Road seems a perfectexample of embodying the reality of practicingthe American Dream after the two wars. This novel is similar to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby in many themes that are related to
