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Read the passage from Kerouac’s On the Road, and then answer the question.

Which Beat ideal is reflected in the passage?

rejection of materialism

wanderlust - the desire to travel

spirituality
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life you could call my life on the road. Before that I’d always dreamed of going West to see the country, always vaguely planning and never taking off.

— Jack Kerouac
On the Road

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Wanderlust — the desire to travel.

Kerouac explicitly talks about his "life on the road" and having "always dreamed of going West to see the country," which expresses the Beat ideal of roaming and seeking experience through travel.