There is nothing better to help us understand more about Ken Kesey and his motives to undertake in psychedelics than an in-depth candid biography about him and his beloved drugs."Acid Christ: Ken Kesey, LSD and the Politics of Ecstasy” was written by Mark Christensen and was published in 2010. The book serves as an overview of Ken’s life and literary success, his cross-country trip with the Merry Pranksters and of course the psychedelic movement he promoted. Acid Christ is unique in its own way because it is written by someone who was deeply influenced by Ken’s literature and the things he promoted. It is special because not many people were influenced by him and not many liked his drug movement. Reading a biography like this one can help people …show more content…
Although times were harsh a new wave of the counterculture and a revolution was emerging that would benefit the hurt and would potentially change the societal & cultural aspects of daily American life. Many people took chances into becoming an influential promoter of such revolution. Figures such as Ken himself, Martin Luther King Jr, Jimi Hendrix & a very large list of others took the challenge to use their strengths to inspire the masses into following this wave. At the time Ken Kesey had two of the best-selling novels- “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” & “Sometimes a Great Notion”-. From the words of Christensen in an interview for Dangerous Minds about his book he said, “America was ready to listen to this guy, he was number one guru dude, you know, and he set out to blow America's mind and he almost did it.”(Metzger). Ken gained a massive following from his work which he used as a platform to influence people into the revolution and to promote the use of the current psychedelic drugs. Whilst writing the essay I began thinking about how “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” is actually an allegory promoting the