Toad on the Road: A Cautionary Tale

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Anctil, Gabriel (5 September 2007). "Le Devoir: 50 years of On The Road—Kerouac wanted to write in French". Le Devoir (in French). Quebec, Canada . Retrieved 2010-12-13.

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Come along in, and have some lunch,' he said, diplomatically, 'and we'll talk it over. We needn't decide anything in a hurry. Of course, I don't really care. I only want to give pleasure to you fellows. "Live for others!" That's my motto in life.' The idea for On the Road, Kerouac's second novel, was formed during the late 1940s, in a series of notebooks and then typed out, on a continuous reel of paper, during three weeks in April 1951. It was published by Viking Press in 1957. a b James Mottram (12 September 2008). "The long and grinding story of On The Road". The Independent. Archived from the original on June 1, 2009.I am a biologist and wildlife enthusiast, but in 1988 had only a superficial knowledge of toad behaviour (my particular interest was wildlife sounds and sound recording). I was aware though that toads spend most of their life on dry land but must return to the water in spring to spawn. Sadly for the toads, roads often cut between traditional breeding lakes and the areas of dry land used for feeding and hibernating during the rest of the year. Mrs Toad [You see, hey? You become a big a-star like me. We make big moneys together. You make Mama rich. You are important person. You are famous. You are a star!] After so much open air and excitement the Toad slept very soundly, and no amount of shaking could rouse him out of bed next morning. So the Mole and Rat turned to, quietly and manfully, and while the Rat saw to the horse, and lit a fire, and cleaned last night's cups and platters, and got things ready for breakfast, the Mole trudged off to the nearest village, a long way off, for milk and eggs and various necessaries the Toad had, of course, forgotten to provide. The hard work had all been done, and the two animals were resting, thoroughly exhausted, by the time Toad appeared on the scene, fresh and gay, remarking what a pleasant easy life it was they were all leading now, after the cares and worries and fatigues of housekeeping at home. Rather dancey song performance by Mrs Toad and her Singers de Espana troupe as an introduction for Thumbelina into their life. I love it because of the lyrics and great onscreen action.

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Alan Bisbort (2010). Beatniks: a guide to an American subculture. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Press. p.3. The Henley Toad Patrol volunteers use a roadside plastic barrier to help them to collect toads to transport across the road.Condition: Acceptable. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Usually, no organised attempt is made to help these tiny toads across the road – catching them is not easy – although in 2020, when there seemed to be an exceptionally high number of toadlets heading for the road, volunteers collected over 12,000 of them and released them into Oaken Grove woods. Fortunately, when toadlets are on the move between dusk and dawn in the spring it is in the middle of the night and traffic is considerably lighter. Tim Hunt (2009). Hilary Holladay and Robert Holton (ed.). "Typetalking: Voice and Performance in On the Road". What's Your Road, Man?. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press: 169–185. Kerouac's writing style has attracted the attention of critics. On the Road has been considered by Tim Hunt to be a transitional phase between the traditional narrative structure of The Town and the City (1951) and the "wild form" of his later books like Visions of Cody (1972). [26] Kerouac's own explanation of his style in "Essentials of Spontaneous Prose" (1953) is that his writing is like the Impressionist painters who sought to create art through direct observation. Matt Theado feels he endeavored to present a raw version of truth which did not lend itself to the traditional process of revision and rewriting but rather the emotionally charged practice of the spontaneity he pursued. [27] Theado argues that the personal nature of the text helps foster a direct link between Kerouac and the reader; that his casual diction and very relaxed syntax was an intentional attempt to depict events as they happened and to convey all of the energy and emotion of the experiences. [27] Music in On the Road [ edit ]