Epilogue Summary and Analysis

Kesey, his family and a Prankster named Ram Rod take the bus to his home town, Springfield, Oregon. The other Pranksters scatter around the country and to Mexico. Kesey gets off easy on a third felony count by pleading no contest to a lesser charge, this after the prosecution finds it impossible to secure a trial-by-jury conviction. He serves only five months on a work farm. Cassady's body is found and cremated. The cause of death is unknown, although drugs played a role. Kesey takes up writing again, and a few of the Pranksters come by from time to time.