Chapter 15 Summary and Analysis

Toward the evening of the first day the local police announced a strict ten o'clock curfew. After ten in the evening, nobody would be allowed to leave the campground, which had been accepted as the Hell's Angel's area. In addition, the police would withdraw from the campground at that time. During the day dozens of young girls had frolicked with the Hell's Angels; but moments before the curfew they all departed, sensing that to remain behind was to invite abuse and far more attention than they wanted.

Upon the departure of virtually all the women, the mood within the campground decidedly changed. Most Hell's Angels began a bout of hard drinking and drug use. Within a few hours the drug cocktail led to many strange sights. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the Hell's Angels classification of women into three...