Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson chronicles Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo in their search for The American Dream. Duke is Thompson’s alter ego and Gonzo represents Thompson’s actual attorney, Oscar Zeta Acosta. The setting, Las Vegas, is very economically significant, especially in the early 1970s where its buzzing economy and money are the focal points of the non-stop city. Believing The American Dream has decayed into a disgusting state of consumerism, ignorance, and misery, they try to find any sort of remanence of a more ideal American Dream—one filled instead with love, peace, and compassion. Most of the world has been sucked into the materialistic life with relatively no regard for anything besides themselves and their possessions. This paper explores the belief that the consumeristic and materialistic mind-sets of The American Dream that have enveloped the world are destructive and breed adverse consequences such as selfishness, greed, and disregard.
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I will use this article to demonstrate how materialism has negative impacts on social satisfaction. The wiki entries “Identity and America” (2012) and “The chasing of the American dream” (2009) similarly examined the flaws of The American Dream. They discuss the economic, political, and social issues defined in Thompson’s novel. I will use these essays to support the idea that the consumer-capitalist ways of the world have serious
I will use this article to demonstrate how materialism has negative impacts on social satisfaction. The wiki entries “Identity and America” (2012) and “The chasing of the American dream” (2009) similarly examined the flaws of The American Dream. They discuss the economic, political, and social issues defined in Thompson’s novel. I will use these essays to support the idea that the consumer-capitalist ways of the world have serious