“Freaks” of the 60’s

Counterculture members

Anyone who has become disillusioned with the

“American Dream”

What type of person is the reader invited to identify with?

“They looked at me, but said nothing. By this time I was laughing crazily. But it made no difference. I was just another fucked-up cleric with a bad heart. Shit, they’ll love me down at the Brown Palace. I took another big hit off the amyl, and by the time I got to the bar my heart was full of joy. I felt like a monster reincarnation of Horatio Alger… a Man on the Move, and just sick enough to be totally confident.”