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.
"I'll give my life to ensure his safety" "Is it enough?" "Don't worry, m'lady. An Arabian's scimitar is worth ten of those western rifles" Then she saw them. Three warriors of her blood and flesh.
In Scott Russell Sanders “Under the Influence” is the story about the painful memories of the author’s childhood memories. The author’s experience of his father’s alcoholism is addressed right from the start. Throughout the entirety of the story, Sanders talks about the effect that his father’s drinking problem has on his family and how it is even effecting Sander’s children. Multiple times throughout the story, Sander’s explains how his father’s drinking problem created a lot of fear in Sanders family. Sander’s tells the reader that his father’s drunken behaviors did not only effect his father, but the entire family.
In numerous instances, today’s world values addictions over family. Every day, the news highlights stories where addiction overpowers. For instance, a few weeks ago, Columbus, had a couple who overdosed on heroin with their grandchild in the backseat. Hence why “Under The Influence” by Scott Russell Sanders is extremely relevant. Sanders asserted his experience with his dad, who was an alcoholic.
I cursed and tried to scan the area for any villages or possibly humans. As I kept walking, I saw a dark building. When I
Strong winds from the east pulled across the land, bringing dust with it. The grasses flickered in the gusts and filtered the dust. A light dusty haze laid atop the flat horizon that encircled and surrounded the land. Nothing could be seen for miles and for miles. The land and the blue above were infinite.
The once starry night now resembled a cluster of tiny white smudges engulfed by a grim lifeless mass. Just as my eyes were fully shut, I heard a distant yell, followed by a woman 's piercing shriek. My last thought, “What is happening to me.” “We need to evacuate the building.” “Wake the girl, we have to move, NOW.”
The sudden shock of pain and goose bumps went through her body. Instantly a stream flow of salty tears came down her face.
The song “Candles in the Sun” performed by R&B artist Miguel, discussed about the social issue on drug usages. Miguel referred to “babies on crack” as an ironic statement, to exemplify how younger generations were being exposed to drugs at an early age. Many younger generations who were being exposed to drugs, often have health issues or even die at a young age. Therefore, Miguel stated “may we all live long”, to addressed how the social issue on the usage of drugs can impact a person well being. Drug usages at an early age impacts on American culture by bringing negativity into America’s society and to the rising cause of death, causing other people lives rather then themselves too.
What if your hometown reflected the events taking place in an entire era? For Scout Finch, her hometown of Maycomb does just that. In author Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the town of Maycomb is like a twisted thick forest that blocks a clear path to fairness and equality, and sets a model that mirrors the racial tensions and discrimination in Southern America in the 1930’s. We see this displayed in the novel through the social structure of the town, the legal system, the Tom Robinson court case, and finally how Maycomb has figures within its society that stand for hope, and change.
He held a stick of wood in one hand and the end of the stick was charred and smoking. Its fire had apparently been transferred to the draperies at the window. Now the boy stood watching as the flames ate their way up the heavy cloth. For a moment, I watched too. Then I woke up, pushed the boy aside, caught the unburned upper part of the draperies and pulled them down.
“Under The Influence: Paying the price of my father's booze” is an essay that was written by Scott Russell Sanders to describe his father drinking habit. In this essay, the author has used both comparisons and allegories to explain how his father’s drinking habit was very serious and how it affected his whole family. In addition, the essay describe explores the connection between excessive drinking and excessive working and compares the two. To start with, the author has talked about father’s extreme habit of alcohol drinking, stressing on the different changes his father showed every time he had a drink. Besides his father’s addiction in drinking, Sander has also talked about his lovely daughter who she also considers as an addict as well.
Contemporary society is a variety of all things good and bad that one might misinterpret as perfect if glanced upon with a pair of rose colored glasses. While new inventions and scientific breakthroughs, have lead to daily life and communication becoming easier to handle and manage, as a society humanity often times fails to see the adverse effects of these technological pursuits on itself. In the dystopian novel, Brave New World, the author Aldous Huxley focuses a great deal on the idea of technology and control. He does so by grossly exaggerating many of the common technological advances of today and making them seem unrealistic and unbelievable, while in actuality are closer to the truth then far from it. Aldous Huxley showing the reader
I have to be circumspect as I began to come across houses and colonists. When I found a log hidden in the darkness and partly lighted by the moon, I sat down to catch my breathe. As I look up I see a town lit up in the night. I run to the light, my toes feeling completely frozen. As I breathe I can see my breath flow through the air.
Psychedelic drugs are a type of psychoactive drug which causes hallucinations and alters a person’s perceptions of reality. Some examples include LSD, ayahuasca, DXM, ecstasy, and LSD. It is most common for psychedelic drugs to be taken orally, but it is also possible for some of them to be taken via injections or snorted. These types of drugs have been used throughout history for a number of reasons. Along with being used for religious rituals, they have been used for medical purposes as well.
