The poem Howl by by Allen Ginsberg is in elegiac tone; tone of mourning. Ginsberg presents the long list of the activities therefore it is called catalog technique. The title Howl indicates protest as cry, cry for all exploitation, repression and subjugation. Poet is asking people to cry against capitalism, exploitation, repression and subjugation. Howl is a social commentary and revolutionary manifesto. This poem ‘Howl’ stands as the celebration of counter culture movement. The best minds of the 50s are destroyed by madness. This madness came in different form. Those are scholars, best mind, and best generation. This madness came as a counter culture. Counter culture is not their choice, it is their compulsion. They suffered from hysteria when the dreams are postponed continuously.

      They loved narcotic things because they wanted to forget the pain given by that culture and to challenge the mainstream culture. They wanted to challenge the mainstream culture through obscene art (vulgar art). They wrote vulgar poetry. They do not allow stopping their spontaneity. They wrote whatever comes in their mind. Others go to University for higher education but these people go to university for doing narcotic things such as writing vulgar on the windows and walls of university.
      These people do not behave normally; they even talk to 70 hours. They talked about anecdotes, marijuana, sex, memory, drugs. They talked about the social taboos. They indulge in sexuality in open area. Sometimes they were found throwing semen over others. They broke the normal sexual courses. Sexual prevision can be seen in their poetry. They even burnt money to hate capitalism. Killing one was common. Homosexual hippies gave lectures on sexual matter. They threw salad on lecturers and gave speech on suicide. They even show drama on suicide. They have repulsion towards life and attraction towards death. Through suicide they want to abuse the culture done by Americans.
      Here Ginsberg is optimistic of social acceptance. They have, done all these things to challenge the mainstream culture. Their purpose is to produce a society which accommodates these people with peace and tranquility. Ginsberg is aware that they are rejected at present. But tomorrow they will get the reincarnation with the unlimited number of followers behind them. However, implicitly he has tried to compare the Beats with the resurrection of the Christ. As Christ was resurrected so will they be.