l possibilities. "His writings do more than just describe the events of his time, they also successfully portray the attitudes and feelings of the times." The stories created by Thompson lead the reader on a journey throughout his almost bipolar mind. It starts with wild descriptions and crazy scenarios, then brings the reader to a place to stop and think about serious issues. Thompson is often margonalized as a serious journalist because of his different and offbeat style. But a good reader of his will delve deeper and finds topics that are highly sophisticated. A very famous speech by Thompson, that appears in Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to The Heart of the American Dream, has been named The Wave Speech and portrays Thompson's incredible ability to place the reader mentally in his world.
             There was madness in any direction, at any hour. If not across the Bay, then up the Golden Gate or down 101 to Los Altos or La Honda... You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense t
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