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- 191: Alcohol 2
- ... in all parts of the world for thousands of years. The first alcoholic beverages were fermented. Scenes showing fermentation appear on pottery made in Mesopotamia as early as 4200 B.C. Mankind early discovered that drinking the fermented juices of certain fruits, berries, and grain produced an extremely pleasant effect. Among primitive peoples, alcoholic drinks increased the excitement of tribal festivals. In more civilized nations, beers and wines in the daily ... appetite. Large amounts inhibit or depress the higher mental processes, causing a rise in self-confidence and a reduction of feelings of anxiety and guilt. Physical reflexes and muscular coordination may be noticeably disturbed, if drinking continues a complete loss of physical control results. The effects of long-term drinking include damage to the brain, stomach, intestines, and heart. Liver problems, including a disorder called cirrhosis, are especially common in alcoholics because of the key role the liver plays in breaking down alcohol.
- 192: Earth 2 Puzzle
- ... for the United States. He suggested that he use his boat, the "Pillar", to surprise German submarines and attack them with hidden machine guns. It was at this time that Ernest, always a drinker, started drinking most of his days away. He would host wild, fancy parties and did not write at all during the next three years. At war's end, Ernest went to England and met an American foreign ... as Tenete, experiences many of the same situations which Hemingway, himself, lived. Some of these similarities are exact while some are less similar, and some events have a completely different outcome. Hemingway, like Henry, enjoyed drinking large amounts of alcohol. Both of them were involved in World War I, in a medical capacity, but neither of them were regular army personnel. Like Hemingway, Henry was shot in his right knee, during ... life. It is obvious that Hemingway felt, as a young child and throughout his life, powerless, and so he created lives by writing stories. Hemingway acted out his feelings of inadequacy and powerlessness by hunting, drinking, spending lots of money and having many girlfriends. I think that Hemingway was obsessed with death and not too sane. His obsession shows itself in the morbid death of Miss Barkley and her child. ...
- 193: Disjunction vs. Communion in Raymond Carver's Short Stories
- ... in Clatskanie, Oregon to working class-parents in a alcoholic home where reading material was limited to Zane Gray novels, and the newspaper. Following high school, Carver married his pregnant high school sweet hart. His drinking became heavier. A list of meaningless jobs followed , in which writing only provided a emotional outlet. During this time, Carver's hard life may have instigated the disjunction he portrayed in his earlier writings. Poverty ... 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 stories of disjunction become more developed. He published several collections including What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. In May of 1983, Knopf published Cathedral, Carvers third major book ... Gazebo", from the collection What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, contains a excellent example of disjunction. The story opens in a motel suite, where the two main characters Duane and Holly, are drinking alcohol and hashing out their marital problems. They end up generally stop caring for one another and realize their " days are numbered, " both as hotel managers and as a married couple. In the last ...
- 194: The Emotional Creativity Of Ludwig Van Beethoven
- ... but cruel. He treated him [Ludwig] harshly” wrote court counselor Krupp “and sometimes shut him up in the cellar.”(Solomon 16). Beethoven’s father was an alcoholic. When he wasn’t doing music he was drinking(Burke 35). “The beginnings of Ludwig’s musical education were unhappy in as much as they were stringently based on his fathers ideas of what a genius should be and, what society’s expectations of ... eccentric actor and musician Tobias Pfeiffer came to Bonn and was invited to stay at the Beethoven’s apartment(Solomon 17). Pfeiffer’s main connection to the Beethoven family was that he was Johann’s drinking partner(Mason http://www.altusdesign.com/beethoven/bio/essay.html). Mäuer, a cellist in Bonn at the time relates the story “...often, when Pfeiffer had been boozing with Beethoven’s father in a wine tavern ... Solomon 20) At the age of 12 Beethoven was appointed assistant court organist but remained unpaid. By the time he was 13 Ludwig’s income supported the entire family, as well as his father’s drinking habit(Mason http://www.altusdesign.com/beethoven/bio/essay.html). Neefe helped young Ludwig a lot during this time. He encouraged Beethoven’s composing and pushed his developmental motion during the early 1780’s, ...
- 195: Ambushed Tradition
- ... that didn't work and our memories and our dreams and the twentieth century horses we called our legs"(Alexie, Lone 118). Also, the same character adds, "When I play don't even feel like drinking so I wish I could play twenty-four hours a day seven days a week"(Alexie, Lone 128). Drinking is the downfall of the majority of the basketball players on the Reservation who may have otherwise had a chance to become something through that sport. For example, Julius Windmaker was "the best basketball player ... percentage of recovery increased substantially. (Watts & Guitierres 9-11) Cindy also shared a very personal story with me about her own substance abuse. A mother of four she had been an alcoholic for many years. Drinking was her way to escape the grief that is all too prevalent on the reservation. Grief for a life that was left behind more that a hundred years ago. She said that their were " ...
- 196: The Effects of Lead Poison on Children
- ... problem. After a period of about ten days, depending on the weather, it falls to the surface. Here lead builds up in the soil particles. Where it may make its way into underground water or drinking water due to the fact the grounds acidic or if it's soft enough. Either way it stays a long time on the soil or in water. Months or years down the road after the ... based paint chips in or on its surface. Parents can easily prevent this from happening by reading labels or buying objects which are not painted. Another way in a child can be affected is by drinking water that comes from lead pipes. Houses built prior to 1978 have been found very unsafe due to the older pipes(Verstraaten, 1997). These pipes can be easily replaced in most situations. This process may ... of gasoline(0.1g/gal), and unleaded gasoline to 0.05g/gal. The amount lead in the air is required under 1.5 micrograms per cubic meter average over three month period, and lead in drinking water to 15 micrograms per liter (Xintaras, 1993). If help is needed the EPA works with several different agencies such as: Occupational Safety and Health Administration that can be reached by this Number (202) ...
- 197: The Shining: Summary
- ... remote hotel to work as a caretaker for the off season. Jack is a recovering alcoholic who was fired from the university where he taught creative writing, for assaulting one of his students. He stopped drinking after he got drunk one night and nearly ripped his son Danny's arm out of his socket. So, much to his benefit the Overlook was to have no alcohol for the duration of the ... a thank you. Wendy became suspicious when she started to smell the booze on Jack's breath but she couldn't understand because she knew about the absence of liquor from the hotel. Jack's drinking became more frequent and Grady's propaganda about how Wendy and Danny weren't supporting him in his care taking started to give him a severe case of cabin fever. Grady offered Jack a high ... job. Meanwhile Danny was sleeping, having a dream involving Tony who told him that Jack was going to blow up the hotel. Danny immediately yelled for Hallorann, remembering what he had told him. Jack's drinking started to take him over and he was started to abuse his son again. One time he was so involved with his issues, that he forgot to release the boiler pressure, Grady eventually came ...
- 198: Martin Luther King Jr. 7
- ... a boycott of the closed city bus to blacks formed that association. The blacks started to complain and some even fought. Blacks and whites were treated and had certain privileges very differently. Whites had a drinking fountain and blacks had a drinking fountain. They weren t allowed to drink from a white fountain if they were black, but the whites could drink anywhere they wish. If a black drank out of a white fountain, they would probably ... get yelled at and maybe go to jail. Everything had a sign on it: Whites, Blacks. Usually the whites fountain was nicer and cleaner, and blacks were dirty, ugly. There wasn t just restrictions on drinking fountain, but schools. They had separate schools for blacks. The blacks couldn t learn in the same room as whites. If a black goes in a white school, they will get kicked out and ...
- 199: A Farewell To Arms Is A Classi
- ... death. This theme of man and woman isolated in love and finally their loss to dark death is universal. The most profound aspect of this book would be its ageless symbolism. The free-living, heavy-drinking life that Catherine and Mr. Henery shared could be compared to the heavy investing, speculating and consequence-free life of the 20 s. The product that came from Catherine and Mr. Henry s lifestyle was ... that which he loved the most, Catherine. Rain was connected with pain or grief. He drank to dull this grief or pain. Rain is wet and wet is connected with alcohol. We had each been drinking out of one of the bottles and I took my bottle with me and went over and lay flat on the hay and looked out the narrow window at the wet country. p.217. In ... left the hospital and walked back to the hotel in the rain. page 332. He had just suffered a major loss and dealt with it in the only way that he knew; through alcohol. Although drinking at this point was not actually mentioned directly, we can nevertheless assume that he was going to make this connection just because of the setting in the rain. This book had many examples of ...
- 200: Tender Mercies
- ... in Tender Mercies is the theme of redemption and that it can be seen through many characters, of whom is Mac. In the beginning of this screenplay, Mac is viewed as a person with a drinking disorder. In other words, he was an alcoholic. He would drink continuously, being unaware of the hurt he caused to his loved ones. He drank more and more as he tried to run away from his problems; he believed that drinking was the only factor that solved his problems. As he continued to drink on a regular basis, he lost everything from his wife and daughter to his career as a singer. Fortunately, Rosa Lee, who ... had the ability to recognize life by becoming sober and starting all over. He, thus, learns that Rosa Lee, his new wife, and Sunny, his stepson, are way too important to him to ever start drinking again. Being acquainted with such a situation and how Mac was given another chance to start over his life, the reader, thus, has come to see an of redemption. As Mac s redemption is ...
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