The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Book Report
English Book Report
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is a novel about a the exploration of drug use and the many effects drug use can have on ones life. Ken Kesey, the main character
volunteered to participate in a drug study advised by the CIA. Ken Kesey is an intelligent young journalist who attends Stanford University, and participates in the Creative
Writing Program. Ken moves to California, where he shares a house with a group called the "Merry Pranksters." The "Merry Pranksters" also experiment with LSD, and
quickly adapt to the the drug culture, along with Ken Kesey. Ken and the "Merry Pranksters" realize how much they enjoy the LSD and other Psychedelics, and begin to take
a stand publicly. To …show more content…
Ken Kesey becomes widely known as the leader of a counter
cultural movement called the "psychedelic movement." Ken Kesey and The "Merry Pranksters" believe they have a new understanding of life when high on LSD, and they
want others to experience that with them. Ken Kesey's experiments have changed him as a person, and The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is a novel explaining how drugs can
change peoples personalities and intentions.
Before experimenting with LSD, Ken was a more innocent individual. Ken did not use drugs, and lead a very successfull lifestyle before his experiments. While Ken
was experimenting with LSD, he began to lose his composure and started making bad decisions. When Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters were busted at their house,
we see a more agressive careless attitude in Ken. "Kesey and twelve others including Babbs, Gretch, Hagen, Walker, Mountain Girl, Page, Cassady, and the Hermit were
booked on many charges, including possession of marijuana and narcotics paraphernalia, resisting arrest and impairing the morals of minors" (152). This quotation
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is a novel about a the exploration of drug use and the many effects drug use can have on ones life. Ken Kesey, the main character
volunteered to participate in a drug study advised by the CIA. Ken Kesey is an intelligent young journalist who attends Stanford University, and participates in the Creative
Writing Program. Ken moves to California, where he shares a house with a group called the "Merry Pranksters." The "Merry Pranksters" also experiment with LSD, and
quickly adapt to the the drug culture, along with Ken Kesey. Ken and the "Merry Pranksters" realize how much they enjoy the LSD and other Psychedelics, and begin to take
a stand publicly. To …show more content…
Ken Kesey becomes widely known as the leader of a counter
cultural movement called the "psychedelic movement." Ken Kesey and The "Merry Pranksters" believe they have a new understanding of life when high on LSD, and they
want others to experience that with them. Ken Kesey's experiments have changed him as a person, and The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is a novel explaining how drugs can
change peoples personalities and intentions.
Before experimenting with LSD, Ken was a more innocent individual. Ken did not use drugs, and lead a very successfull lifestyle before his experiments. While Ken
was experimenting with LSD, he began to lose his composure and started making bad decisions. When Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters were busted at their house,
we see a more agressive careless attitude in Ken. "Kesey and twelve others including Babbs, Gretch, Hagen, Walker, Mountain Girl, Page, Cassady, and the Hermit were
booked on many charges, including possession of marijuana and narcotics paraphernalia, resisting arrest and impairing the morals of minors" (152). This quotation