Main Characteristics
-Usualy hung out in coffee shops-Striped shirts, oversized sweaters and cowl collared tops worn by males and females.
-Had black turtleneck sweaters and bongos, berets and dark glasses.-Aspired to artistic grandeur -Used hip vocabulary
-Adam Faith described beatnik cafes as "all black polo necks and existentialism."
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Has influenced on the present culture because I believe that the fact that these people and group that formed part of the Beat Gneration didn't only show the world a new vision, a new ideology but also a whole new type of life, where they had the opportunity to be free, to express themselves, to live and to be happy.
The Beat Generation have inspired many young people (teens) to think of freedom as a way of lving and has had a bad influence for them in modern days. This is because, now a days many many teens consume drugs and have sexual action at a very young age, which is slowly deteriorating society and societial values.
In the other side it has also been a good influence for many authors and poets because they have been inspired to write and tell how they feel and what they think. Because there is nothing for them to be afraid of.
Has also had a huge influence on media, for example:
