a habit that would greatly affect his writing and a habit that would lead to much more then he expected.
             Thompson got into trouble with drinking as soon as he began. He would cut school to hide in his room and drink and Thompson would go to important functions drunk. He was known as the kind of kid to keep your sons and daughters away from. Thompson became a disgrace to his family, and he augmented the Thompson's already bad name they had for themselves. Thompson was arrested many times for situations having to do with alcohol. The people in the town gossiped, everyone knew of Thompson's bad reputation. Drinking would plague him for the rest of his life.
             Most of the subjects Thompson writes about are subjects that were prevalent in his upbringing. "Many of his favorite themes, such as violence, sports, politics, sex and drugs, dominate his writing. Especially interesting is the fact that these same themes took root in his childhood, and they are all subjects he enjoys writing about." Jack, his father, was a very intense and angry man; this was passed down to Thompson. He is passionate, and writes in a fiery way about controversial topics. The leading mannerisms that Thompson manifests are similar to his father's and he threads those in and out of his writing.
             Another style Thompson is famous for in his writing is his incredible descriptive skills. The readers of a Thompson work will often find themselves laughing out loud, or with mouths wide open and jaws on the floor. He loves to shock and amaze the reader, and make the reader think. Since most of his most famous works were written in the transitional stage of the sixties to the seventies, Thompson often likes to capture the feel of the time. He makes readers feel as though they are in the center of it all. He surrounds the reader in his weird, unnatural, and crazy, yet welcoming world, assuming the reader's mind is open to al...