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- 191: Disjunction vs. Communion in Raymond Carver's Short Stories
- ... disjunction he portrayed in his earlier writings. Poverty and family problems continually interrupted his work. Carver was constantly broke, filled for bankruptcy twice, and was fired from his white collar job as a result of alcoholism. In 1977 he received a National Book award nomination and had several stories published in various magazines and book presses. After 1977, when he met his second wife, Carver stopped drinking. This is when his ...
- 192: Persuasive Essay on Problem of Gambling
- ... If gambling is so fun, then why is there so much crime where gambling is legal? Yet another problem with gambling is that many people develop a gambling problem. This problem has been compared to alcoholism. In conclusion society will be hurt more than it will benefit it by gambling. So my advice is don't ever gamble, nothing good has ever come from it.
- 193: Creative Writing: John Griffith Biography
- ... built a fantastic castle but had to write incessantly to meet my bills. I wrote The Sea Wolf based on my experiences on the sealing vessel. John Barleycorn became a novel about my struggles with alcoholism. My style-brutal, vivid, and exciting was set in localities where the struggle could be most obvious: in the wilds of Alaska, on remote Pacific Islands, on ships at sea, in industrial communities during strikes ...
- 194: Bleeding Ireland and Black America
- ... cities of the US, that the rates of poverty, unemployment, serious crime, single-female headed families and welfare dependency in N. Irelands Catholic slums, rose drastically during this time. There was an increase in drugs, alcoholism (in Ireland?!), guns, bombings (from both sides)3 which all created a virtual hell as ravaging as any N. Richmond/E. Oakland-Hunterspoint/if not worse in its own way. Structural discrimination in employment has ...
- 195: Technological Advancement
- ... women menopause was “the death of their womanhood”. Wilson claimed that ERT could be considered a “youth pill”, and even went as far as saying that it could avert such conditions as frigidity, depression and alcoholism. This angered feminist groups and scientists who believed that menopause was a normal and natural part of every woman’s life. Eventually ERT was to linked to cancer scares in women, however before this controversy ...
- 196: “Masque of the Red Death”vs.“Fall of the House of Usher”: A Glimpse Into The Life of Poe
- ... 182). Poe is devastated by Virginia’s death. Poe later proposed to several other women. He tried to attempt suicide On October 3, 1849 he was found unconscious. He died 4 days later due to alcoholism (Walsh 1). In his writings “The Masque of the Red Death” and “The Fall of the House of the Usher,” there are many similarities and differences. Both books are filled with oppressive descriptions of death ...
- 197: John Cheever’s Portrayals of Suburban Life
- ... previous associations with New England businessmen, wives, children, and friends that spark the themes in his novels. Some say that his work is “cryptoautobiographical” (The American n.pag.) considering his bouts with publishing companies, homosexuality, alcoholism, and family. Others say that he is a “short story writer that failed at trying a novel”(Beacham 236). Some criticize his work for lacking a climax and plot making for an uneventful story line ...
- 198: The Catcher in the Rye: Holden Deals With Alcohol, Sex, and Violence
- ... the Rye. Alcholic beverages are a readily available, and relatively inexpensive for minors to get. Over the past couple of years, teenage consumption of alcohol has risen dramatically. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism states that more than 1.3 million teenagers have a drinking problem. The National Institute also reports that the reason for underage teenage drinking is they believe in a mixture of rebellion towards their parents ...
- 199: Catcher In the Rye: Alcohol, Sex, and Violence
- ... the Rye. Alcholic beverages are a readily available, and relatively inexpensive for minors to get. Over the past couple of years, teenage consumption of alcohol has risen dramatically. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism states that more than 1.3 million teenagers have a drinking problem. The National Institute also reports that the reason for underage teenage drinking is they believe in a mixture of rebellion towards their parents ...
- 200: Ambushed Tradition
- ... lot of emotional pain for the Indians. (Abrahamson) A study done through an organization dedicated to the treatment of substance abuse dependency supported what Cindy had said. This study examined the causes of Native American Alcoholism. "It examined the breakdown of the Indian's traditional culture and family (role models)." Along with the programs in which these Native Americans were currently enrolled, such as AA or NA, several "traditional activities were ...
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