It all started when Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg rebelled against the rules of society in the 1950s. They expressed their disgust for mainstream obedience of Americans, through writing. What they did not know was that they had started a worldwide cultural movement. It all started in New York city, where Kerouac met Ginsburg. The need of objecting to anything conventional, their refusal of following any type of rules, and of course their same style of literature is what brought Kerouac and Ginsburg together. Soon their group expanded and included writers such as William Burrough, Gregory Corso, Kenneth Rexroth, and Gary Snyder. This was when the Beat Generation came to be.
-Carla Mendoza
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