To understand why alcoholism is a disease, it's important to look up it's effects. Many tribal people drink to numb themselves, to escape their personal, social and family problems. Instead of helping these Indians, alcohol creates more problems. Beginning with the denial, for example, Junior's father always says, “I am only an alcoholic when I am drunk” (107). Junior believes it has to do with depression, when he says, “I suppose he is depressed” and “I suppose the whole family is depressed” (40).
Why do we have to pay for other peoples mistakes? In the book “Flight” by Sherman Alexie Zits deals with many disappointments in life. One of his biggest disappointments is not having a father or someone that loves him like he wants to be love, “My father was a drunk, too more in love with beer and vodka than with my mother and me. He vanished like a cruel magician about two minutes after I was born” (Alexie4). This most of been hard for him to know that his dad didn’t care for him and that he only cared about his beer and vodka.
The events in Johns life that interrelate to effect his further development is that he has been made redundant and has taken up smoking and heavy drinking. This will physically effect his development as the constant drinking and smoking will go onto harm his organs and can lead to liver damage, lung cancer, yellow teeth’s or failure of the organ itself. As he has consumed alcohol, it will slow him down thus making his reaction to things slower than usual. His intellect will be affected as the intoxication will affect his judgement and John will be unable to make formed decisions as he wouldn’t be able to take things seriously. His perception and views on things around him will be altered as he is unable to think straight.
Many people were drinking all over from adesence to elders. People took it out of control and started taking abuse on it and made serious problems like corruption, child abuse, crime, unemployment, and worker safety. Men weren’t able to provide for there family. This was around the time when divorce wasn’t around and women couldn’t leave the men because of their ADDICTION. On there job, it would be slow down because they were to drunk to be able to put the right parts on the car.
He doesn’t read as much now because the characters in the books now resemble certain aspects of his life (‘’seem far too familiar’’). Instead, he prefers to get drunk (‘’get stewed’’). The world he used to escape to by reading is no longer in reach. As a result of being stuck in his ideal world throughout his childhood and adolescence, he is not prepared for reality. Books that were once so valuable to him and worth ruining his eyes are now useless (‘’books are a load of crap’’).
Happy Endings in Raymond Carver Stories (cathedral and a Small Good Thing The stories “Cathedral” and “A Small, Good Thing” are two different stories, but the two main characters share some similarities. In “Cathedral”, the narrator, who is the main character, was caught up in his own blindness. He was trapped in his own world and neglected some of the most important things in his life. He was very jealous, inconsiderate and always disconnected himself from others. He was not open up to changes; he preferred to stay in his old ways.
There is no room for books in her life, and she ends up turning Montag in to the authorities. She is the perfect example of a mindless drone without individuality or feeling. Fahrenheit 451 is an example of a dystopian society. Individuality, reading, and intelligence aren’t accepted in society. Brown says, “As a result, society has become vapid, more interested in mindless entertainment than knowledge, understanding, and critical thought, and the ability to discern between two fundamental documents has no place.” Taking literature away did not make all people the same; it just made them without thoughts and feelings of their
The Loss of loved ones; loss of important family members and loss of friends resulting from irresponsible drunk drivers on the road are tragic and permanent. Drunk driving is like playing with fire because most of the time, the drunk drivers think they are suitable for driving. Unfortunately, the liquor already affects their minds, they do not care about themselves and other people’s lives, and that is not only selfish but a deadly combination. You have no right to let anyone else suffer from the consequence of your action especially innocent bystanders and their loved ones. One of the biggest causes of drunk driving is the person who hasn’t adequately prepared for the situation.
Diego Cervantes Mr.Olazaba English 11 March 29, 2012 During the great depression there was a lot of poverty because the economy was down and families did not have enough recourses to help support their children . People were drinking alcohol instead of supporting their families, mostly men were drinking. On January 16th, 1919 the 18th amendment of the constitution was ratified, prohibition in the United States was a law. Banning of alcohol only made things worse by increasing organized crime, violence, and corruption among law enforcement officials during the next decade. The 18th amendment contributed to the rise of organized crime because it created a lot of underground business.
The play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead takes a different angle than seeking certainty in one’s actions, instead trying to understand others certainty without justification. Both characters spend the entirety of the play in utter confusion to the world around them as they are unable to make significant choices in their lives. Hamlet and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead both have a centralized theme of the impossibility of certainty explored in two different theatrical angles. The incomprehensibility of the world around the characters in Hamlet and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead allows them to directly question the certainty of their actions. Hamlet cannot understand the actions of the characters around him as he is the only character in need of certainty to allow him to act.