Howl is a poem taken place during the Beat rebellion. At first, the poem seems disorganized and Ginsberg is just ranting, but then it gets more interesting. It showed the mentality and the lives the Beats lived. The poem talks about how they did drugs and drank alcohol all the time. They also spoke about being homeless and going place to place. It showed the Beats were very carefree and did whatever they wanted to do at the spur of the moment.
How I Became Hettie Jones was about a white woman who was married to an African man, Leroi Jones. It was about their lifestyle during the Beat rebellion. She talks about her how she helps her husband with his work while working herself. Hettie explains as their first child, Kellie, came she felt alone because Roi would leave her alone and go about his business with other women. Beats are suppose to keep "cool" and not show any emotion at all. Roi loses his cool when finds Hettie at another guy's house, Mike. Roi was yelling and calling Hettie inappropriate names. They both had extramarital affairs, but still remained married and had their second child, Lisa.
Both of these readings give us more information of how people lived their lives during the Beat rebellion. It went into further discussion of what we discussed in class.
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