Question

Read the excerpt from On the Road

Answer 1

Answer:

The beat generation was made up of young people who were just beginning their lives as independent adults.

Explanation:

American writer Jack Kerouac's novel On The Road is a story based on the writer's own travels across America with his friends. Through the characters of Sal Paradise and his friend Dean Moriarty, the story shows a new form/class of generation eager for adventure and carefree attitude.

In the given excerpt from the novel, the narrator Sal mentions how his friend Dean first began his life with his new wife Marylou. This detail about how life began for Dean and the others show how the beat generation were young people who had just started beginning their lives as adults independent from their parents and others.  

Thus, the correct answer is the second option.