O catolicismo de Jack Kerouac

Muitos associam Jack Kerouac, e sua famosa obra "On The Road" à cultura alternativa. Estão errados. Essa nunca foi a intenção dele. Jack Kerouac era católico.

Nas palavras dele: "On the Road was really a story about two Catholic buddies roaming the country in search of God. And we found him. I found him in the sky, in Market Street San Francisco (those 2 visions), and Dean (Neal) had God sweating out of his forehead all the way. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY OUT FOR THE HOLY MAN: HE MUST SWEAT FOR GOD. And once he has found Him, the Godhood of God is forever Established and really must not be spoken about." - http://www.culturewars.com/CultureWars/1999/kerouac.html

Em outra entrevista, ele ainda disse com todas as letras: " "I'm not a beatnik, I'm a Catholic". - http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/09/07/home/kerouac-obit.html