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In three pages this paper compares and contrasts the tone and theme in Parts I and II of Hunter S. Thompson novel, with the development of Duke and his motivation the primary focuses. There are no other bibliographic sources listed.
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correspondence to a friend his feelings regarding whoever assassinated President John F. Kennedy. However, this catch phrase would later become the title of Thompsons literary masterpiece, the 1971 cult
classic Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and serve as an epitaph for the authors own tortured life. This loose and semiautobiographical narrative is based on Thompsons actual experiences
traveling to Las Vegas to cover a story for a sports magazine. His literary alter ego is Raoul Duke, a journalist for a New York magazine who is more
interested in drink and drugs than he is in his assignment. Much of Dukes reliance upon alcohol and narcotics stems from his disenchantment with the so-called American Dream, a
popular theme explored in F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby and Ernest Hemingways The Sun Also Rises. Dukes traveling companion - purportedly his attorney, but also known as Dr.
Gonzo - offers little in the way of legal advice, but reveals himself an accomplished drug supplier for his client. In Part I, Duke believes it is important to
clarify the reason he and his traveling companion are embarking upon their journey, saying, "I want you to know that were on our way to Las Vegas to find the
American Dream" (Thompson 6). In Part I of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Duke is motivated by his desire for drugs, alcohol, and on the Mint 400 motorcycle race
on which he has been contracted to write a magazine article in that order. The pretentiousness of the American lust for material success is symbolized by the red convertible
Duke and Gonzo drive, disdainfully referred to as the "Great Red Shark." The fact that there is so much dust it is nearly impossible to determine who won the
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