COMPARISON EXAM: FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS (MOVIE AND FILM) By: Natalie Good QUESTION #1: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is about two men looking to find the “American dream”. It is a true story about the author of the book, Hunter S. Thompson, (who is played by Johnny Depp). The story starts when a journalist and his lawyer are assigned to cover a race in Las Vegas in the 60’s. Instead of covering …showed first 75 words of 889 total…

…showed last 75 words of 889 total…nobody has ever chased me and told me that they were crazy about me, I have never taken lots of drugs and explored Las Vegas, I have never experienced half of the things I have seen in the movies. But I feel like I have, and that’s the point. Movies fill the void. What we miss out in reality we make up in fiction. COMPARISON EXAM: FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS (BOOK/FILM)