Did you mean to include a link to a story? :)
The [p] is different because in in the first word it does not have an audible release since it's located in the end. T has a little puff of air in tin which is called aspiration and is marked with a small h in phonemic transcription. Final k in kick also has no audible release while skirt has one.
The quality of the beat generation that Kerouac expresses in this excerpt is a spirit of adventure.
You can see in this passage that he is talking about his 'life on the road' - meaning that he is always traveling and experiencing new things, which was a common thing for the beat generation of the 1960s. They wanted a change, both in their personal lives, and in the world.
I would say less. Mostly because I have seen people not wanting to vote or participate in elections because they feel as though there’s no point in it and they have their own set of beliefs due to either past events. People get very defensive when talking about politics because of everyone set of beliefs and most people don’t want to understand and listen to each other’s point of views.
If there are statistics them your passage is non fiction. there is no passage
