Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Lesson Plan

How does the Las Vegas story of the Duke's drifter friend compare to his own? What does this difference suggest?

Duke's drifter friend, a seemingly innocent bohemian, becomes a scapegoat; he is the random person forced to take on the onus of being punished for nothing (his crime is a nebulous charge of"vagrancy") while serious criminals get off scot free, or at the most with a large fine. The fact that such an innocent passerby can be shackled and Duke, given all of his antics, goes unscathed, supports the notion of senselessness and the lack of a genuine moral authority that seems to haunt Thompson about American culture. This story partners with Duke's astonishment...