"Swimming Pools" is a dark and depressing song that sends the listener on a ride through Lamar's childhood, reasons for drinking, and becoming an alcoholic. The song starts with a dark aurora sound to set off its mood, Lamar starts his first verse with his childhood. "Now I grew up around people living their life in bottles, granddaddy had the golden flask", Lamar expressed in the first verse, can tell the listener that as a child he lived in a household consumed in alcohol. A "golden flask” is used when describing what an alcoholic carries. Lamar stated in an interview,"This song is about me reminiscing about my years a kid witnessing a housing that indulged adults in alcohol.
“The whiskey on your breath” (Clugston, My Papa’s Waltz, para. 1) made it easy for me to relate to right in the beginning. My grandfather was an alcoholic and his alcohol choice was Jack Daniels Whiskey. With this line, the author captured my attention and created the scene of seeing my grandfather intoxicated and smelling the whiskey as soon as he spoke. “Could make a boy dizzy” (Clugston, My Papa’s Waltz, para.
Then he states” Coca-cola was America” (Dacey, line 4). He’s comparing a drink to the people in America, which means that anyone can manipulate us and swallows us since were worthless. But then he states “we were all brothers and sisters in the family of man” (Dacey, line 13). This shows that woman didn’t have an important role in the house hold, well at least to the author’s point of view. “And sometimes I even though of his son on the cross, getting vinegar but wanting coke.
Gatsby's social standing allowed him to be generous, because everyone expected it of him after attending or hearing about one of his lavish parties. Nick was below the high social standings of Tom, Daisy, and Jordan, and also below the lower social standing of Gatsby, but members of both classes liked and trusted him. As Nick said in chapter one of The Great Gatsby, Tom wanted Nick to like him as well. Somehow, Nick could transcend the barriers of certain classes, which made it easy for anyone to trust him, whether it is Tom with talking about his mistress, or Gatsby revealing his true identity. Wealth played a major part in The Great Gatsby.
The chapter, “Leaving Paradise” in Swallow the Air by Tara June Winch provides an insight into the negative aspects of belonging to a disaffected family and race through how it explores various social issues like alcoholism and domestic violence as well as other issues such as abandonment and discrimination. It demonstrates how these can influence the way in which people belong to a family as well as how the disadvantages faced due to cultural background can influence this. Alcoholism is introduced early into this chapter, when the author writes about Billy’s eighteenth birthday. The aunty that the protagonist May, and her brother live with has an alcohol and gambling addiction. She is described to be “either out or out of it”.
Kristine Lim Professor Aaron Stell English 101 2 August 2015 Let’s Drink to That! Introduction It is no hidden fact that the abuse of alcohol by adolescents and teens is undoubtedly an important health problem in the United States (Bonnie & O Connell 58). Under age drinking is defined as the illegal consumption of alcohol by adolescents less than twenty-one years of age (Piehl 16). Alcohol is the most widely used and abused substance by youths, who have not yet attained the legal age of drinking (Hanes 39). The consequences or the effects of underage drinking are serious, and they do not only affect the teenage taking part in the activity but also the entire society in general.
In the ad they are all hot and sweaty and uncomfortable until the beer train comes along. Soon as they have beer in their hands it shows them as instantly relieved and cooled off. The audience is meant to see this as beer being a logical choice to quench your thirst and to use at social gatherings. Overall in this advertisement it relies more heavily on the pathos side, in the way that it tries to produce the feeling of community and belonging. They want to make the audience think that a good time and fun is associated with buying their product.
Good Morning class Today i'll be talking about the one punch line law.. Now for those who do not know what the punch line law is, its a law that has been implemented for the cowards punch which is also known as the king hit, which has been a big issue here in Australia.. Its basically a fools act, its an irresponsible alcohol or drugs user who throws an unexpeted punch on a different invidual on the head causing saviour damage and also in most cases, death. One punch law has been setup for this horrific act of violence, the law says any person who were to throw a punch, even under the use of alcohol or drugs, goes to prison for 10-25 years max. Now some people may argue that the prison time should not be this harsh because the offenders
because of this, to survive they resulted to criminal acts, which lead to a lot of violence and abuse. Also drugs became an issue when the settlers introduced them to alcohol, for example “Simon recounts…the time he first tasted alcohol, and how that, and later on harder drugs, worked to numb him of the blinding rage and violence he felt.”(Simon, B., 2012). Another effect was the Aboriginals being denied to the cultural and spiritual tradition within the community and country. In conclusion, the stolen generation effected the younger indigenous children’s a lot through an individual, relational and collective view. References: Bretherton, D., & Mellor, D. (2006).
As far as I am concerned, alcohol can a lot of problems particular for teenagers, therefore the legal drinking age in Australia should be raised. Excessively drinking alcohol is not only a dangerous attempt for adults, but also the under-aged, like you and me. The reason is alcohol effectively damages our brain. A recent study completed by Professor Ian Hickie showed that the brain continues to develop right through until the late teenage and early adult period. One of the most toxic things that a young brain can encounter is a high level of blood alcohol.