Whitman quote

I think that Kerouac uses Walt Whitman's quote because he and Whitman both convey the same ideas in their writing. They both have this sense of urgency. When we read "Songs of Myself" the reader felt as if they were being thrown in into this piece of work there was no build up or anything. THe reader was simply forced to ingest all the ideas gettting thrown around. I feel thesame exact way with this book. Kerouac just starts going on this crazy journey there is not really any background information provided for each character. Its like you experience everything right along side Jack. The quote also talks about witholding judgement. And both writers stand for this and it is quite clear in their work.