The book Memoirs of an Addicted Brain follows Marc Lewis and his adventures in doing different types of drugs. Marc goes to boarding school in Boston, Tabor, where he was homesick and being bullied by the other children. Marc starts doing drugs to fit in. He started using legal drugs like cough medicine and alcohol but progressed to doing more illegal drugs like marijuana, heroin, methamphetamine, and LSD. The more illegal drugs were accessible at the Berkeley university since there was a large hippie movement.
It tells the story through different people's perspectives. Jay was one of Adnan’s friends, they did drug deals and whatnot that kind of stuff. Adnan dated Hae for a while then broke up and she found someone she loved dearly named Don. Jay was dating Hae’s best friend Stephanie. Jay and Adnan had a weird kind of friendship; they weren’t close or anything, they just smoked weed together and did other drugs.
Through Richard Morrison in Stephen King’s short story “Quitters, Inc.” it shows that love is stronger than any addiction. Morrison tells his wife, Cindy, that he is kicking the habit of smoking for her and their son, Alvin. When he learns that Quitters Inc.’s punishment involves his family; “How horrible would it be for the boy. He wouldn't understand it even if someone explained. He’ll only know someone is hurting him because Daddy was bad.
The story touches on things such as poverty, alcoholism, bullying, abuse, etc. It is an extremely eye-opening, humbling book that shows you that you can change your life around no matter how you were raised. This book is relatable to many people, including children and teenagers who are or may have gone through some of the same things that Jeannette and her siblings did. The theme that most resonated with me while reading the book was alcoholism. It is something that has been a part of my family life for a long time.
Fifth Business Reading Journal What is the point of view of the writer? Robertson Davies is a Canadian author, who grew up only ten years after the book was set. He also lived in a small town, Orangeville, and so the point of view of the writer is similar to that of the main character. I believe Davies’ point of view is that this story can entertain and inform his readers.
The book has messages that make people think about how their government could have prevented the influx of drugs and crime rates. “Crack was different from the drugs that preceded it. It was crazily accessible and insanely
Overall, this article helped me reflect on the novel’s theme and gain understanding of the author’s
"Am I My Brother's Keeper?" : Addiction and Renewal in Sonny's Blues In James Baldwin’s short story, Sonny’s Blues, we see themes of fraternal love and music as expression and liberation. The Brother, the narrator and Sonny, the main focus of the story, has their family struggling with accepting Sonny as an addict, grown and independent man, and a hopeful cause. We see these ideas repeat several times throughout the story.
Rhetorical Analysis In the article “Sports: The All-American Addiction”, written by John R. Gerdy, he argues about American’s love affair with sports and how he thinks sports have gone beyond a healthy interest to an addiction. One of his big points is that sports have become an addiction, saying people need sports to feel normal and they seem to create their whole schedule around it. On the other hand, he claims that there are also some positive aspects to sports. He explains that sports bring people together.
It deals with teenage drama when Stevie gets jealous of David and Susan and then it escalates when Susan won’t tell him what happened and lies about it. But the biggest element of the book suspense in the fact that the whole book hides the story, giving you bits and pieces until you finally learn the truth towards the end. The book does a great job of combining all of these elements into one story, that is why I would recommend the book. So when looking at the question is it justified to publish a story, but ruin someones life, it is up to you to decide what the answer is.
An article by Knepper (2013) mentioned that the presence of addiction interaction disorder in a person may promote his or her severity in the addiction cycle. Addiction interaction disorder was introduced by Carnes (2011) which means a person may have multiple addictions at the same time and these addictions combine to interact, reinforce and become part of one another. Looking at individuals who struggle with primary addiction: sexual and secondary addiction: alcohol, the secondary addiction may ritualize the primary addiction which makes a person alternate between the addiction cycles and relapse deeper to their addictive behavior (Carnes, 2011). Four Stages of Addiction According to Butler (2009), below are the four stages of addiction that a person goes through from the first trial of the addictive behavior.
The novel follows Stevie an eleven year old girl who lives in Southside Chicago throughout her middle and high school years. Stevie goes through the social pressure of her peers and family to tell her how to act, think, and look. Slowly throughout
The novel, written through the world of Winston Smith, the helpless protagonist is not a pleasant read at all. The film almost follows the novel for the most part. The eerie feeling of dystopia does not leave the film. Mainly
Controversial topics, such as sexuality and substance abuse are necessary for the overall power of the story because sexuality and love are the main themes of the novel, substance abuse contributes to the important part of a teenager’s struggle, and the topics help other teenagers relate to the novel. Sexuality and love are the main themes of the story. Ari spends a lot of time figuring out what love is and how love affects him. He spends a lot of time thinking about love.
Within the text The Addict by Katherine Fleming it addresses several serious ideas and issues within Australian society. Fleming has conveyed these ideas through several structural and language conventions in order to convey her own values and beliefs around these issues. In The Addict We hear from the author and testimonials from Heath, A recovering addict and her interviewee. This article has been written for an Australian audience and was published in a state-wide newspaper called “The West Australian” and is distributed both digitally and physically. I find that Fleming uses The Addict as a way to attempt to tackle several major issues facing the average young Australian population.
