Essays Tagged: "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test"
Review of "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test"
- -Tom Wolf's 'The Electric Kool Aid Acid test' explores the magnificent and mysterious world of an age long gone b ... agnificent and mysterious world of an age long gone but definitely not forgotten. An age of testing the boundaries of not only the human conscience but of social awareness and tolerance. An age in whi ... but of social awareness and tolerance. An age in which seemingly anything could happen and through the eyes of a new generation of visionaries an age of enchantment and personal empowerment. I'm talk ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
"The Electric Koolaid-Acid Test" by Tom Wolfe.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test:"Black Shiny FBI Shoes"This literary masterpiece by Tom Wolfe is set ... itled "Black Shiny FBI Shoes." In this opening chapter we discover just exactly what is going on in the U.S. in the 1960's. Not even the entire United States but mainly California, because, according ... ted States but mainly California, because, according to Kesey, "New York is about two years behind."The story begins in the back of a flatbed pickup truck traveling out of San Francisco, Wolfe describ ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
The Trip to Nowhere:an overview of LSD
The Beatles sang about it in 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds', chemist and Nobel Laureate Kary Mullis ... it, and Microsoft's founder Bob Wallace has claimed computers would not have advanced as quickly as they have without it. LSD had to be one of the most controversial chemicals in the history of pharma ... he once popular recreational drug studied in scientific communities everywhere for it's medical and therapeutic effects is now illegal in most parts of the world (although still widely available).Lyse ...
Subjects: Science Essays
Acid Test
By: Anonymous 1) Title of Book: The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test 2) Author: Tom Wolfe 3) The grounds on which Thomas Wolfe created th ... omas Wolfe created this documentation of the Merry Pranksters is that he attempts to re-create both the mental and physical atmosphere of their adventure and exploration across America. 4) Specific ev ... eir adventure and exploration across America. 4) Specific evidence in supporting the aforementioned thesis can be found in the "Author's Note" section of the book but also in the writing style used to ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom WolfeThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test broke through convention ... eporters adhered to. For that reason alone Tom Wolfe's phenomenal book is sometimes referred to, as the starting point, of the age of 'new journalism,' a term that Wolfe himself coined. This work defi ... rk defined the epoch it was born out of and even transformed it. This was a non-fiction story about the hippie era, namely revolving around the exploits of a psychedelic outlaw and madman named Ken Ke ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
One flew over the cuckoos nest
Alyssa Hargrave Johnston, 10March Argument Essay25 March 2013In the novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, the individualism, or principle of being se ... idualism, or principle of being self-reliant, is taken away from each person. Each individual feels they do not belong in society, they don't know how to make decisions on their own; they need someone ... now how to make decisions on their own; they need someone to control them. This role is taken on by the nurse. Everyone has trouble fitting in, speaking up for themselves, and experience a bully. Bull ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy