Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. . .

1. I thought the movie was probably one of the weirdest things I have ever seen. I guess it was interesting watching how ridiculous drug abuse can be, and how odd people become while they use drugs. However, I felt that the movie was just insane, and I felt as if I was turning insane while watching it. Most of the time I just felt nauseous watching it, because the room would begin to spin on the screen, and the characters becoming sick. I guess you could say the movie was not on my top ten list of favorite movies.

2. Both the film and the novel begin with the quote from Dr. Johnson, "He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." We can begin to identify this quote as we analyze the characters within Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. As the characters begin to use drugs they become these non-human beings, where they have no control of themselves, nor any aspect of their life. Their new characteristics could thus be related to a beast, and are relieving themselves of the pain of life through their drug addictions. However, as they relieve themselves of the pain, they are also relieving themselves of life in general, having no feeling except the feeling of the drug. The drugs will ultimately become their pain as it aides in being a temporary relief, and no matter how many times they use these drugs, life will eventually catch up to them.