Rayaan Chowdhury
Film and Lit
Professor Prestridge
December 8th, 2017
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Literature has always been regarded as the mirror of the community/society. The content used in literary writing is inspired by the environment in which the author is placed. Thompson is not an exception because he uses the environment in which he was placed to air his views about the American society. Hunters uses his creativity in the narrative to reflect on America. In his book, he describes America as a hypocritical society, which transcends from leaders in the government to American citizens. For instance, Duke and his attorney are attending a conference on dangerous drugs and narcotics. It is quite hypocritical that they are attending …show more content…
The author tried to bring out the hypocrisy in the society in both the American citizens and even leaders. Citizens attend conferences on drugs and narcotics but still engage in drug abuse. The conferences were aimed at providing knowledge to people concerning drug abuse as a way of bringing change in the society. However, people attending the conference are hypocrites in that, they seem to be helping others in solving the problem, but rather they are not ready to teach others about the importance of change. In fact, the author brings out non-patriotism among American citizens. Considering the rotten and blacked out America, citizens need to have a moral obligation in solving such problems. The author describes America as characterized by the black market, alcoholism, and drug abuse. It is indeed evident that Thompson had a lot of value to talk about in his novel rather than the beacon of dissent as described by John Cusack (MacFarlane …show more content…
Thompson’s work as a Bible for most youths, college students, and even journalists. I am not surprised that this kind of generation idolizes the lifestyle of excessive alcohol consumption and recklessness. Undoubtedly, Thomson uses the book ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’ to justify the state of the current American literary canon. This literature sites postmodern and countercultural that worry the modern America and bears lessons that modern audiences continue to learn. Most critics have failed to capture these lessons because they focus on the singular informativeness of Hunter’s work and thus learn little about the
Film and Lit
Professor Prestridge
December 8th, 2017
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Literature has always been regarded as the mirror of the community/society. The content used in literary writing is inspired by the environment in which the author is placed. Thompson is not an exception because he uses the environment in which he was placed to air his views about the American society. Hunters uses his creativity in the narrative to reflect on America. In his book, he describes America as a hypocritical society, which transcends from leaders in the government to American citizens. For instance, Duke and his attorney are attending a conference on dangerous drugs and narcotics. It is quite hypocritical that they are attending …show more content…
The author tried to bring out the hypocrisy in the society in both the American citizens and even leaders. Citizens attend conferences on drugs and narcotics but still engage in drug abuse. The conferences were aimed at providing knowledge to people concerning drug abuse as a way of bringing change in the society. However, people attending the conference are hypocrites in that, they seem to be helping others in solving the problem, but rather they are not ready to teach others about the importance of change. In fact, the author brings out non-patriotism among American citizens. Considering the rotten and blacked out America, citizens need to have a moral obligation in solving such problems. The author describes America as characterized by the black market, alcoholism, and drug abuse. It is indeed evident that Thompson had a lot of value to talk about in his novel rather than the beacon of dissent as described by John Cusack (MacFarlane …show more content…
Thompson’s work as a Bible for most youths, college students, and even journalists. I am not surprised that this kind of generation idolizes the lifestyle of excessive alcohol consumption and recklessness. Undoubtedly, Thomson uses the book ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’ to justify the state of the current American literary canon. This literature sites postmodern and countercultural that worry the modern America and bears lessons that modern audiences continue to learn. Most critics have failed to capture these lessons because they focus on the singular informativeness of Hunter’s work and thus learn little about the