Chapter XXVII The Graduation Summary and Analysis

Kesey appears in court and his lawyers successfully convince the judge to let him post bail. He is up for other charges in San Francisco, but the lawyers are successful there, too. Kesey is back on the street after only five days in the criminal justice system. His status of the dominant leader in the LSD world suffers, because people think he has abandoned principles to stay out of jail.

Many of the old Pranksters who drifted away once Babbs took over return to San Francisco to partake in the Graduation. Plans for the Graduation fall apart, but it is held in the Warehouse anyway on Halloween. The ensuing party is covered by the press and visited by the police, and reaches climax with a faux graduation ceremony involving diplomas.

The Pranksters try to do...