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Hunter S. Thompson Analysis

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My candid view of Hunter S. Thompson as a person and a writer brings to mind two words i.e expression and arrangement. He articulately expresses his thoughts verbally via writing passionately. Moreso, may I be permitted to say I psychologically see him as a free thinker.

James Boylan’s statement ‘’Here is the frenzied Dr Thompson…’’ (CJR March/April 2001 - Book Reports). The word frenzy expresses one word and meaning in his write-up - Fear and Loathing in America i.e the word ‘anger’ without reservation or bias, he expressed his anger and passion going by his statement ‘’…and as usual I was writing about sports. But not for long, Football suddenly seemed irrelevant (irrelevant in the sense of lives and properties lost in the event or disaster of that fateful day - September 11) compared to the scenes of destruction and utter devastation coming out of New York on TV, one can imagine the gravity of shock and pain he felt at the instance of the broadcast. (Hunter, S.T., ESPN Page 2 columnist). …show more content…

Passion drives a right thinking man to act sometimes beyond measure and expectation. ESPN could have ignorantly reported/broadcasted the regular day sports/entertainment news but the gravity of the destruction and devastation prompted an impromptu war news as it was the vilest disaster in the history of America and as such brought back the memories of the Pearl Harbor, the San Francisco earthquake

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