- Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Part 1, Ch. 1
It is a renegade sentence with made up words and grammar violations about living a renegade life, violating norms of society, choosing the path of following passion, "burn, burn, burn" rather than anything "commonplace". It is a jazzy, discursive, proud sentence--both its structure and its content. By saying that "the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved..." the writer signifies disdain for those who follow the well-trod path of conformity. This sentence makes you want to dance down the street like a dingledody.
It is a renegade sentence with made up words and grammar violations about living a renegade life, violating norms of society, choosing the path of following passion, "burn, burn, burn" rather than anything "commonplace". It is a jazzy, discursive, proud sentence--both its structure and its content. By saying that "the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved..." the writer signifies disdain for those who follow the well-trod path of conformity. This sentence makes you want to dance down the street like a dingledody.