Roland "The Gunslinger" : Winston ("1984")
"lone" heroes both forced by uncontrollable forces surrounding (being immune to the rules of reality, space, time just as horrifying as living in a completely subdued stat; vulnerable to the throes of the Dark Tower - fodder for Big Brother) to endure different forms of "dementia"
Alex, leader of the droogs ("A Clockwork Orange") : The Walkin Dude ("The Stand")
manifestations of evil, both, who, as every successful dictator/manipulator of man before, corrupted the minds of a few weaker individuals, who both endured the most testing trials to their character, who both survived to plot, and, hopefully, carry out more, even greater acts of bad
"Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas" : Alice
Hunter S. Thompson as the individual, jumped down the rabbit hole, completely disoriented in the strange world (quite impressive levels of intoxication juxtaposed to innocence because of age being hilarious), his lawyer and her cheshire/chechire/whatever-er cat appearing every now and then, to offer advice and to present new problems our heroines (haha) must overcome to persevere and survive their stays in Wonderland; Thompson has a deadline to work toward and predestined acts to commit, while Alice is completely clueless, at the whim of her survival skills and ability to decipher who her friends are (being so clouded as blind by intoxicants, her feebleness becomes his); both journeys are fantastic, twisted and extremely funny
FALiLV being a "purely" journalistic endeavor, it is highly unlikely, especially since the book was transcribed from audio recordings made on the spot, while the events were happening, that such a connection as I have found was conscious on his part; a reach on mine or proof of the "One Story"?
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