The concept of the American Dream is hard to grasp. Finally, Thompson’s novel will be the focal point. Then, a comparison between the 1950s and the 1960s shows the change of values in American society during these two decades and tries to explain the increasing degree of disillusion, violence and paranoia which had a determining influence on the American Dream of the late Sixties and early Seventies when Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was published. In order to do so there will be first given a quick introduction to the constituent parts of the concept of the American Dream and the influence of the first Puritan settlers on them. A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream and the American Dream. Thompson’s novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. 3.1 Road to Salvation: The Combination of Success and Virtueģ.2 The Moral Example: A City upon a HillĤ.1 Suburban Bliss: The American Dream in the 1950sĤ.3 The Rise of the Civil Rights Movement and the Beat GenerationĦ.1 The writing of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegasĩ.5 Standing on the Main Nerve of the American Dream
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