It is widely believed that Hemmingway made a sound, conscious and calculated decision to kill himself. He ascribed to the belief that a Hero realizes when his time has come. This time is marked by an epiphany: Whether take control of that final step in life, and force their own Will upon their legacy. Or leave it to fate, which ultimately amounts to clinging to the fading memory of what they once were until they die lonely, senile, and forgotten. Many believe that Hemmingway felt that he was no longer effective as a writer that there was nothing more that he could contribute to the world, so he felt he had reached this point. I believe Thompson knew this too. Thompson was a follower of Hemmingway and ascribed to many of his philosophies, and that is why I draw the parallel in my first post.
Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.
-Ernest Hemingway
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'No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride . . . and if it occasionally gets a little heavier than what you had in mind, well . . . maybe chalk it off to forced consciousness expansion: Tune in, freak out, get beaten.' HST
