Part one of term paper
Near the end of the Second World War, a “movement” was formed by Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs as well as a group of other writers and artists. This movement found its voice during the fifties and became especially influential during the sixties. Ginsberg, Kerouac, and Burroughs formed a “New Vision” of culture on b ...

Part two of term paper
... say, “I’m beat.” People can be beaten-up, or beaten-down. The connotation of the word is defeat, downfall, and resignation. The word ‘beat’ was primarily in use after World War II by jazz musicians and hustlers as a slang term for down and out, poor and exhausted. The word as used by a Times Square hustler named Herbert Huncke came to the attention of William Burroughs. The word was passed on through Burroughs on to Allen Ginsberg and a friend named Jack Kerouac. Ginsberg, hearing Hunck ...