Symbolism, Setting, and Objects from The Electric Kool-aid Acid Test

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

The Bus - This vehicle is an old school bus that the Pranksters paint in bright colors and take for a trip out East and is a symbol for being in the drug culture that Kesey develops.

La Honda - A small town in Northern California near to Kesey's property. Most of Kesey's ideas develop here.

San Francisco - The hippie scene of Haight-Ashbury in this city is the center of the drug culture, and the place where Kesey's Acid Tests start developing.

Los Angeles - The Acid Test experiments move to city...
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