Contrast

Brian Huynh

I disagree with you about how the morals of the story are contrasting each other. Like how I said in my last post, I believe that the morals correlate each other quite well. I think that discovering the American dream also relates to you finding your voice because to succeed in one of these morals, you would have to succeed in the other one. This is why I believe that the morals of both of these stories is not a contrasting aspect, but a similar aspect. But there is one aspect which I agree with you, the way the two books were written were a completely different way of writing. You were right on how The Rum Diary was more of a "good guy, bad guy" sort of writing style. Kemp was portrayed as a "good-guy" because of he was trying to do and what he was believe was right. In Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in my opinion doesn't have any fancy writing style. This is what makes the book so unique. The writing style that this book has is just a memoir in a sort because these adventures that he had in Las Vegas was actually real and he could write about it in the first person basis.