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Kerouac’s personal experiences and interests show his skill as a writer was inspired by his

athleticism as a football player and his competitive spirit.

knowledge of manual labor and the process of work.

study of romantic poetry and fiction as well as jazz music.

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study of romantic poetry and fiction as well as jazz music.

Kerouac’s “spontaneous prose” and rhythmic sentence patterns were explicitly modeled on jazz improvisation and on Romantic/beat literary influences (Whitman, Wolfe, etc.), rather than primarily by athletics or manual labor.