Question

One day I was hanging around the campus and Chad and Tim Gray told me Dean was staying in a cold-water pad in East Harlem, the Spanish Harlem. Dean had arrived the night before, the first time in New York, with his beautiful little sharp chick Marylou; they got off the Greyhound bus at 50th Street and cut around the corner looking for a place to eat and went right in Hector’s, and since then Hector’s cafeteria has always been a big symbol of New York for Dean.

Which statement best describes how Kerouac’s diction contributes to his writing style?
Kerouac uses academic terms to give his writing an intellectual quality.
Kerouac uses youthful slang to give his writing a rebellious quality.
Kerouac uses location names to give his writing a historical quality.
Kerouac uses abstract vocabulary to give his writing a detached quality.

Answer 1

Kerouac uses youthful slang to give his writing a rebellious quality.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the given passage from "Introduction to Cultural Rebellion: Mid-Twentieth-Century Voices," author Kerouac wrote about life as a "Beat Generation". This term was coined by Kerouac to refer to a small group of writers whose work revolve around and influenced American culture in the post-war era.

In the given passage, the speaker uses words that are informal. Words or phrase such as "his beautiful little sharp chi ck" when talking about Marylou, Dean's girl friend suggests the informal stance of the words. Here, Kerouac uses slang words, street words that are not part of the formal or common language used by families.

Thus, the correct answer is the second option.