A beatnik would be described as someone who doesn’t allow society to slow them down. They are people whose minds wonder, eliminating distractions caused by society, in order to have enough freedom and creativity to express themselves. The beat Generation didn't want to fit in the conformity of everyone around them. They had their own rules about music, drugs, religion, sex, and literature. They also looked for anything that involved crazy situations, girls, and alcohol. Beatniks didn’t start questioning everything that was mainstream out of the blue. Many of the questions beats had started after the second World War. After the war there was a strong feeling of freedom. People wanted new things, and beatniks helped paved the way for those who were willing to follow. Not only has the beat generation left a literary movement, but it has left society the idea that creative and original thinking is a good think.
-Carla Mendoza
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