So in my last blog, I told you about how the protagonist (Raoul Duke, yes I finally found out his name.) Was about to head back towards Las Vegas to meet up with his lawyer (Dr. Gonzo) and cover some sort of convention. Well, the convention that they are going to cover happens to be a Drug Conference in which hundreds of Federal agents, police officers, detectives, etc. will be attending. So of course, Raoul and Dr. Gonzo will attend this Conference under the influence of multiple drugs. Why? I have no idea. Not a thing in this book makes a bit of sense.
When Raoul arrives at the hotel that Dr Gonzo had told him about, his reservations are all set, and he plans to take this small amount of time to himself and relax before his lawyer arrives. However, upon opening the door to his suite, he finds his old acquaintance and a strange woman inside. The girl's name is Lucy, and it turns out that she's a very religious girl who has run away from home. Dr Gonzo met her on his flight, and gave her all sorts of drugs. Well Raoul decides that she is too much of a danger to have around, so they drive her far away and get her a reservation at a strange hotel, where they leave her and hope she wakes up confused, and unable to remember what has happened to her.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Book Blog # 2
After failing to cover the Mint 400, the two men (known only as the protagonist, and the protagonist's lawyer.) return to their hotel room, which they rented under a fake alias, and try to figure out what they are going to do next. The lawyer then disappears for a while, and then sends the protagonist a letter. It says that they have their next assignment and that he was in L.A.
Now the protagonist skips out on the massive hotel bill that he has run up, and takes off towards L.A. While on the road he continues to have paranoid episodes, and with hardly any sleep in the last three days, and a head full of drugs, the journey proves to be anything but easy. Once he has almost reach L.A. he proceeds to call his lawyer in order to yell at him for abandoning him. This is when he learns that his lawyer has arranged for a new car and new hotel in Las Vegas and that he needs to turn around and head back.
P.S. if this makes absolutely no sense to you, I'd like you to know that it is only because this book is nearly impossible to follow due to all of the paranoid tangents and hallucinogenic episodes that the narrator experiences while telling this tale.
Now the protagonist skips out on the massive hotel bill that he has run up, and takes off towards L.A. While on the road he continues to have paranoid episodes, and with hardly any sleep in the last three days, and a head full of drugs, the journey proves to be anything but easy. Once he has almost reach L.A. he proceeds to call his lawyer in order to yell at him for abandoning him. This is when he learns that his lawyer has arranged for a new car and new hotel in Las Vegas and that he needs to turn around and head back.
P.S. if this makes absolutely no sense to you, I'd like you to know that it is only because this book is nearly impossible to follow due to all of the paranoid tangents and hallucinogenic episodes that the narrator experiences while telling this tale.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Book Blog #1
I chose to read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas for my independent book project. This book starts out with two guys with a rented car and a trunk full of tons of drugs, messed up out of their minds. They are headed to Las Vegas in pursuit of the American Dream. They are going to try to cover the story of the Mint 400, a very popular and famous motorcycle/dune buggy race. But things prove difficult when they have a head full of acid, and can hardly even carry out simple tasks, let alone cover a whole race.
The two run into trouble ranging from, terrible hallucinations, to having to get out of a massive crippling debt. When finally begins, the two of them are too concerned with dealing with the side effects of all the drugs that they just took to actually cover any sort of story. The race is in the desert and there is a terrible, blinding dust that makes it almost impossible to see. The two of them just end up sitting in a bar and wondering what they are going to do to get back on track.
The two run into trouble ranging from, terrible hallucinations, to having to get out of a massive crippling debt. When finally begins, the two of them are too concerned with dealing with the side effects of all the drugs that they just took to actually cover any sort of story. The race is in the desert and there is a terrible, blinding dust that makes it almost impossible to see. The two of them just end up sitting in a bar and wondering what they are going to do to get back on track.
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