Easy Rider and Disillusionment
It is as though the oppressive conventions of stable society are ultimately inescapable, contaminating their easy riding on a variety of levels. (Laderman, 76)
Through their journey to find an America worth discovering, the riders, Fonda and Hopper, are disillusioned by the image they find. "We blew it", the reflection on the achievement of their goals, describes how not only did they fail to find America on their trip, but they themselves have also misrepresented America or at the very least have missed the point. The journey to find America and the freedom and persuit of happiness that it claims to represent, disillusioned the men and forced the to realize the captivity that they were in. Even though they were on the road, traveling easy, the road got more difficult and and threatening.