Which line from “the railroad earth” best illustrates the influence of american blues and jazz on kerouac’s style? i put the light out on the sad dab mad grub little diving room and hustle out into the fog of the flow o well anyway i'll be learning eventually to like the railroad and sherman will like me some day i had heard that peanut butter and lettuce contained all the vitamins you should want but it was that beautiful cut of clouds i could always see above the little s. p. alley

I put the light out on the sad dab mad grub little diving room and hustle out into the fog of the flow

Explanation: Kerouac ( 1922-1969) was one of the most important writers of the Beat Generation.This was a group of writers who emerged after WWII. They were against  the family and  military- industrialization. They were for sexual liberation. In the quoation we can see the rhythm of music in this spontaneous prose. This style is characteristic of Kerouac and the repetition of  of short words such as: "sad" , "dab", "mad"  and "grub" ; and " fog" and " flow" gives a Blues -like-  tone to the text.

The answer is A. I put the light out on the sad dab mad grub little diving room and hustle out into the fog of the flow

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