In Marc Lewis’s novel Memoirs of an Addicted Brain (2012), his experience with marijuana was notably a rollercoaster ride. His first ordeal with the drug occurred when he was a teenager and decided to purchase marijuana from a friend. He began to use it at a period of stress induced by his friends, school and his parents. The first time he decided to take the drug, he dealt with coughing fits until he finally started to feel its effects. His description of his “high”, included the the drug placing him in a more imaginative, creative and happier state.
Laurie Halse Anderson’s use of central conflict, the fever, has helped mold the main character’s character traits. Laurie Halse Anderson wrote Fever 1793, a historical fiction novel. The protagonist, Matilda Cook, is a 13 year old girl living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during colonial times. The yellow fever has broken out, and people are dropping at an alarming rate. As she deals with the epidemic, she grows to become a strong, responsible, helpful girl.
The Botany of Desire is a non-fiction book written by Michael Pollan. The publication date was in the year of 2007 and is a 245 paged book. The Botany of Desire is a book that talks about four different plants. In my opinion, this book was very worth reading. They manipulate human senses such as sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control.
Some of the most famous magician these day like: David Copperfield,Criss Angel,David Blaine,…They’re famous magician of these days with their insane magic performance. They’re the young generation and very talented,but how about the old generation they were also very famous at their times but until now their halo seems to be gone. So how can you still keeping your halo when you get old or die?Then you have to do something extraordinary just like the most famous magician and escape artist Harry Houdini. Harry Houdini, probably the most famous magician whoever lived.
Magical Realism: “John interrupted these memories by bursting into the room, alarmed by the stream that was running down the stairs. When he realized it was just Tita's tears, John blessed Chencha and her ox-tail soup for having accomplished what none of his medicines had been able to do- making Tita weep” (Esquivel 207). Significance: In this scene, Tita is drinking the ox-tail soup that Chencha made her and cries. The author uses magical elements to make something as simple as crying into a unreal and unbelievable event.
The definition of a “monster” is a threatening force. In Walter Dean Myers’ Monster, Steve Harmon the defendant in the trial is being charged for felony murder. The monster in him is the struggle between his innocence and guilt. Steve’s judgement of his actions is similar to a pendulum swinging. One side is his innocence translated to his testimony while the other side is his guilt which is seen in his diary.
Hex is a form of manipulative magick The first know hex was in 1856 coming from Germany, then the magic spell first recorded in 1909 which means a witch. Hex is a for of manipulative magick. The word hex means a spell or bewitchment and comes from the German word hexe for witch. Hex is a form of manipulative magic so lets take the word manipulative and see where this leads us according to dictonary.com manipulative means to "influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes".
Aspen Sagan Ms. Haughey English 3 Honors 16 December 2022 Karma Through Illness In the novels, authors use both physical and mental illness as a device to reflect flaws within characters to develop the plot. Within Frankenstien, Mary Shelly uses her protagonist's illness; Victor Frankenetsien’s, to convey his flaw in negligence towards facing the consequences of his actions, as like a sense of procrastination and putting off dire situations that need to be addressed. Victor's illness allines with his issues both in physical and mental states, and due to these illnesses being conveniently when he has a responsibility to address, it causes him to have his problems escalate; a sense of karma for not attending to them sooner.
There are many interesting ways people have created hallucinations without hallucinogens or any other chemicals. After dreaming (obviously), the most common way to hallucinate is by using light. Lights blinking at certain frequencies can cause vivid hallucinations by activating your pineal gland that equal the intensity of psychedelic drugs. There are even glasses that are made so you can experience this anytime you want but it is probably not very healthy for your eyes.
In chapter 3, the book Botany of Desire, the author Michael Pollan describes the relationship between humans and Marijuana and the history of its industry. People have started to use it since the Neolithic Age. Although the road of development is kind of tough (being forbade in some countries), marijuana is still one of the most popular things not only in America but also in many other places. According to Pollan, he used to grown a few in his yard, and these were almost found by a local policeman. Probably at that time, there were a lot of people like Pollan, growing some marijuana secretly to satisfied their desires.
Harry Houdini was one of the great magicians of all times. He was born on March 24, 1874, in Budapest, Hungary, young Harry Houdini moved with his family to Appleton, Wisconsin where he later claimed he was born. As a child, Harry became fascinated with magic and he began performing all types of magic for family and friends, drawing much attention for his crazy but daring escapes. Houdini’s early attempts at card manipulations and illusions were not successful. It was only after performing a stunt called the “Needle Trick” when he gained popularity.
Psychoanalysis of Frankenstein and His Creation When doing a literary analysis using the psychoanalytic type A criticism, the reader must solely look to the work itself and exclude externalities. One may interpret, “Dr. Frankenstein and the monster as embodying Sigmund Freud’s theory of id and ego” (Telgen). The basis of this theory is the idea that a character’s personality can be divided into three parts. The id which is the basic desire for what each person wants. The superego, which is the opposite of id, it houses our sense of guilt.
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.
There are also some health care providers that are also trained in Herbal Medicine. They serve to create treatment plans for patients who prefer herbal therapeutic treatments. Herbal Therapy although so commonly used is said to be very dangerous to health as it too has side effects , it can go as far as to cause death to an individual. Therefore, the WHO recommends that it is used with precaution or as recommended by trained medical personnel. The majority of the world's population relies on herbal medicine as its primary form of treatment, and indeed most modern drugs originate from isolated phytochemicals (phyto – plant: a phytochemical is a chemical constituent of a plant).
