Fear And Loathing In America Analysis

Words conveying an inevitable wrath escapable by no man or other form of creature litter the work of Hunter S. Thompson. In words and in action Thompson tethered links between sorrow, justice, and a need to demonstrate power and control. In Fear and Loathing in America (Thompson, n.d.) it is described how 9/11 left America feeling powerless, in the mist of all of it's supposed power, and our resulting need for annihilation cloaked as justice. The author expresses a view of disbelief of the transpired events and demonstrates a theme of anger morphing into revenge that was prevalent in the country at that time. At the time of the Wold Trade Center attacks the country seemed prosperous and untouchable then we were toppled with minimal effort