Oscar Zeta Acosta

overweight Chicano man who constantly struggles with personal identity. As a county appointed lawyer in Oakland, California, Acosta experiences a mental struggle between his Mexican heritage and his personal integration into American culture. Oscar Zeta Acosta reacts to this internalized racism with a lack of personal identity displayed through his abandonment of responsibility, traditional male dominated gender dynamics, and his return to El Paso Mexican border. Prior to embarking on a journey of self-discovery throughout the Southwest, Oscar Acosta is a divorce and domestic relations lawyer for the poverty stricken county of East Oakland. Although Oscar is not constrained by a wife and children, he is responsible for assisting the powerless,…

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…

Within the film “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” we see a strong perception of a pseudo-psychedelic trip. In this particular scene Duke (Johnny Depp) has taken too much Adrenochrome, causing him to fall into a drug educed trip while Dr. Gonzo (Benicio Del Toro) tries to get rid of Lucy over the phone. The stylistic choices of this movie depicts the hallucinogenic structure via camera movement, framing and composition, colour and the use of depth within the space. The overall tonal colour of…

Within the film “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” we gain a strong perception of a pseudo-psychedelic trip. In this particular scene, Duke (Johnny Depp) has consumed more than enough Adrenochrome, causing him to fall into a drug induced trip, while Dr. Gonzo (Benicio Del Toro) tries to get rid of Lucy. The stylistic choices made depicts the hallucinogenic structure of the film via camera movement, framing and composition, colour and by the use of depth within the scene. Adrenochrome is a drug…

In the Novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson and his Lawyer, travel to Las Vegas to report the events of the Mint 400 motorcycle race about to take place in the Nevada desert. Operating under the pseudonyms, Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo, these two men have a bigger mission. Their mission is to search for the “American Dream”. However, they do not find a typical dream, but more of a nightmare. Tales of hitchhikers, paranoia, flying bats, and reptile people would plague readers’…

ANALYSIS QUESTIONS QUESTION 1 Most of part 1 in the book “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”, took place in Las Vegas, California during 1971. Las Vegas is a very large and populated city where many events take place such as “The mint 400”, which is why Raoul Duke traveled all the way from Los Angeles to journalize the race. In order to get to Las Vegas Duke and his attorney, Dr. Gonzo, must journey through one of the hottest states in a red convertible. Although this is just one of the few tasks…

Mexican Drug War has been an international example of continued policy failure. The complex conflict includes various actors, all of which play a different but important role. There are seven main drug cartels: Beltran-Leyva, Gulf, Juarez, La Familia Michoacana, Los Zetas, Sinaloa, and Tijuana/Arellano Felix. Each cartel maintains its own territory, and some areas are disputed among cartels. For example, Los Zetas controls the Central North and some of the Southeast coast, and the Gulf Cartel…

was born, I had an older sister who passed away from bacterial meningitis, and I never got to meet her. She was not diagnosed until after she died, if she had been diagnosed while she was still alive, she could have been here today. When I was 14 I decided, I wanted to go into diagnostic x-ray, and be a part of the diagnosing process. I considered schools with a radiography program. Ferris State reviews said the program was one of the best in the country. I applied and got accepted into Ferris…

deterioration would be inevitable. This idea is seen in both The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, where the writers fulfill their duties…

The Picture of Dorian Gray is a creation of Oscar Wilde’s consciousness and unconsciousness and consequently exposes his dissociative identity disorder, or multiple personality. This novel is by all means "a well-written book" known not only for its attractive plot, the elegant language and the well-intended moral implications, but also for its credible revelation of the author 's sophisticated personality. The painful struggle between the three parts of Wilde 's personality present themselves…