The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Lesson Plan

How does the discussion of shoes and general hippie fashion illustrate the subculture of the Merry Pranksters?

Wolfe describes how the Pranksters make a connection between the shoes a person wears and the type of individual they are. For example, Pranksters typically wear boots. They associate "shiny black shoes with shoelaces in them" (Chapter 1) with the FBI personnel who arrested their leader. Therefore, shoes represent power and social hierarchy, and low-cut shoes like those are the shoes of the Man and the society they have rejected. Students should also reference other discussions of fashion. What kind of clothes or costumes do the Pranksters wear? What does this...