Hunter Stockton Thompson was a legend of journalism. He knew what he was doing, he was amazing at what he did, and he definitely had his own way of doing it. Famous for the creation of “Gonzo” journalism Hunter S. Thompson was very eccentric and wild in everything he did and in everything he wrote. His works have and will be touching and opening the eyes and minds of people for years to come. He singlehandedly changed the world of journalism. Gonzo meaning; wild, crazy, filled with eccentricity, no rules. Thompson was just that. He was an expensive, high speed, wild man who had a tenacious taste for the colorful world of illicit drugs; it would take nothing less than a pistol to stop him. Born on July 18th, in Louisville Kentucky, Thompson …show more content…
Arrested at a young age for theft, he had the choice of prison or the military, Thompson joined the Air Force and after being honorably discharged in 1958, he began his career in journalism. After having several jobs for small town newspapers and a short run at being the print boy for Time magazine, he wanted something bigger. So he did just that. Hunter “settled down,” was married and had a son which him and his wife Sandy Conklin, named Juan. His long-time marriage to Sandy ended in divorce after 20 years of Hunters heavy drug and alcohol use along with always being away from home while he was traveling for work. Hunter Thompson was most famous for the obvious of creating gonzo journalism, but also for authoring the Fear and Loathing chronicles. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Fear and Loathing on the campaign trail ‘72 and Fear and Loathing in …show more content…
He was a journalism genius and was nothing short of a modern marvel of his time. He was the king of the dope decade. Hunter died in 2005 of a self inflicted bullet wound to the head. His family says he wasn’t suicidal or even depressed, he simply was dying, and he refused to go out like that, he wanted to speed up the process. I envy him and his free spirit, his ability to make peace with himself. I envy that he could live so wild and freely, he went about in life without a care for what will happen next. But “maybe there is no Heaven. Or maybe this is all pure gibberish-a product of the demented imagination of a lazy drunken hillbilly with a heart full of hate who has found a way to live out where the real winds blow-to sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whiskey, and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind except falling in love and not getting arrested… Res ipsa loquitur. Let the good times
The author suggests that dying isn’t necessarily a bad thing as the poet states the man and the bush “are now one”. The author also conveys a perception that he was going to be a part of something bigger and better. The swagman suffered a lonely but peaceful death.
The story of Lewis Grizzard began on the twentieth day of October Nineteen Hundred Forty Six in Columbus, Georgia. He was born to an Army soldier, Lewis Grizzard Sr., and a school teacher, Christine; they were later divorced and Lewis and his mother moved to Moreland, a small town near Newnan. Grizzard earned his B.A. in journalism in 1968, after which he went to work for the Atlanta Journal and Constitution as a sports writer. During his college years, at The University of Georgia he “shunned the school newspaper in favor of the independent Athens Daily News”, according to the biography written by his wife (D. Girzzard) . Sorrowfully, the literary world suffered a great loss as Grizzard passed away due to a congenital heart defect in March of Nineteen Ninety-four.
...rian who showed at no end that he would stop doing what he loved, writing about America and enriching the minds of his readers and students.
CWO5 (Ret) Guy Hunter, Jr. grew up on a farm in Moultrie, Georgia. The son of a South Georgia Farmer, Hunter enlisted in the United States Marine Corps after graduating from high school and following in the footsteps of family members who had served in World War II. He went through Marine Corps Basic Training at Parris Island, South Carolina in 1962, and the next year was assigned as a radioman in Vietnam for the 1st Marine Air Wing Pathfinder platoon.
Richard Morris Hunt was an American architect born in 1827. Hunt was born in Brattleboro, Vermont. His dad was a lawyer and US congressman, so their family had lots of money. He first attended Boston Latin School, and then in 1943 when his father died, he traveled to Europe to study art and architecture. In 1846 he would become the first American to attend the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, the finest architecture school in the world. He finally settled in New York in 1855, where he made it his goal to raise the standard of design.
He (JFK) wrote Profiles in Courage, which won the Pulitzer Prize in History. (Freidel and Sidey).
On June 14, 1811 Harriet Beecher Stowe was born. She came into this world with twelve siblings. When she was young she went to a public school and made friends. But sadly she moved to her sister’s school in first grade. In the summer at the age of five her mom died. At her sisters school she would write short stories in her free time. She went to that school from grade school to college. When she graduated she was very happy and continued her love for writing books.
Thompson, Hunter. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream. Illus. Ralph Steadman. 2nd ed. United States: Vintage Books, 1971. Print.
	The poems of Robert Hunter have diverse and variegated themes; most, however relate either to folk stories or the vivid emotions and scenes he creates in order to illustrate his point. Hunter's lyrical themes can be divided into three main categories. First are themes used in a traditional vein, written about classical ideas and told in a folkloric fashion. Second are themes employed in a contemporary tone, about modern concepts and written in a more current style. Last are themes that are either used frequently in both contemporary and traditional ways, or transcend the division of contemporary/traditional and form their own categories.
Self, Will. "Hell, High Water and Heroin: On the Trail of a British Gonzo Journalist to Compare with Hunter S Thompson." New Statesman 10.445 (21 Mar. 1997): 46-47. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism Select. Detroit: Gale, 2008. Literature Resource Center. Web. 2 Mar. 2014.
...ecoming a reporter and he had to work strictly for it if he wanted to reach his goal. Even though he had passed on, he is still alive within the pages of his books.
Dated back in 1986, “Letter to Americans” is as if it’s written in the last three-four years. In it E. P. Thompson explains why he is anti-American in his beliefs.
Jack London is the name you can hear everywhere, his writing appealed to millions of people all around the world. London was an American novelist and short-story writer, who wrote passionately about questions of life and death, surviving. The writer had a lot of adventures, experienced the life at sea, or in Alaska, or in the fields and factories of California, all of these influenced his writing style. Jack London descended from the family of his mother Flora and astrologer and journalist William Chaney. The writer has got his education by himself and with help of a librarian Ina Coolbrith - he has a passion to read books at public libraries. Later in life, Jack finally graduated from high school in Oakland. Jack London's work carrier was so variable, he has been a laborer, factory worker, and oyster pirate on the San Francisco Bay, member of the California Fish Patrol, sailor, railroad hob, and gold prospector. Yes, gold prospecting was the big part of his life, when the young writer with his brother-in-law sailed to join the Klondike Gold Rush where he would set his first successful stories. Jack London was a hard-worker, he tried never miss his early morning 1,000-word writing stint, what helped him to write over fifty books between 1900 and 1916. In addition to it, he corresponded with his readers, and made huge researches for improving his writing style, what is, obviously, genius. The consequences of such a hard work became the fact that Jack London had become the best selling, highest paid and most popular American author of his time. Many authors and social advocates have been inspired by Jack London’s heartfelt prose, and readers travel and experience so much through his books.
Why was Henry David Thoreau such a wonderful writer? He had many great qualities, but the most important were his devotion to nature and writing, his desire for independence, and his experiences he encountered throughout his life. Henry David Thoreau looked to nature as the basis of life and writing. He believed that nature is the reflection of inner spiritual reality.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, known for his use of allegory and symbolism, is now one of the most studied authors. He became famous for his novels and short stories that revealed the portrayal he had of the world. His works have been properly recognized for more than a century. Hawthorne’s perspective of life comes from his history that gave him a sense of inherited guilt. Even with the setbacks during his journey to success, Hawthorne managed to surpass them and become the wonderful writer he is known to be.