Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in its purest form is a journalist and his attorney going to Las Vegas to write on a motorcycle derby. While they are there all they do is use drugs, every kind of drug. The hotel they are staying at happens to be hosting a banquet to law enforcers around the country about the war against drugs. What the law enforcement people don’t realize is that right under their noses are two people who are always on some kind of drug.
I see a connection between Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and the war on terror. I make a connection comparing the two druggies in the midst of a convention against drugs to the terrorist who blend in with the people in the world. Boarding the plane that eventually went into the World Trade Center, the Arabs looked like normal people, just blending. Little did the people know that these were no ordinary people among them, but terrorists. In fear and loathing Hunter S. Thomson goes on describing how the law enforcers will crack down on the drug abusers. The only problem is that this is no ordinary fight. Just like the fight on terror, there is not a single source to go after. Instead, there is a large number of people to bring down that are dispersed among all people. Hear lies the problem.
Theresa Connors. "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream. "
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