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- 331: The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition
- ... attack alcohol consumption in the early nineteenth-century. W.J Rorabaugh found statistics, in his research, to support his idea that the Temperance Movement was “launched as a response to a period of exceptionally hearty drinking” (ix). Though there were many factors that contributed to an increase in alcohol consumption and society widely accepted it, the fact is that America as a nation at this time did have a dangerous drinking problem. The author used numerous primary sources and statistical information to back up his theses that Americans were exceptionally hearty drinkers. Reports of alcohol consumption contained in the U.S. Census, Statistical Abstract (1921) were ...
- 332: Discuss Some Of The Main Ideas
- ... care for allowed her dog to drink out of a glass which disgusted her. When she awoke from hypnosis, the patient was able to drink water from a glass without difficulty. So her phobia about drinking seemed to operate at an unconscious level. The release of feeling, which came when she expressed the original episode during therapy, was used as a method called catharsis - the purging effects of pent up emotions ... at this stage, as a result of deprivation or overgratification may result in an adult who is overly concerned with oral gratification. This may take the form of sucking or chewing sweets, over eating, smoking, drinking or even excessive talking. Next comes the “anal” stage where pleasure comes through retention and elimination of faeces. Anal character traits may produce a preoccupation with orderliness or cleanliness. Severe methods of toilet training may ...
- 333: Taming Of The Shrew
- ... Sly was a beggar who was a slob, worse off, a slob of a lower class. A wealthy Lord came along and wanted to have some fun. Therefore, when Sly was unconscious because of over drinking, the Lord took Christopher into his own home, put the finest clothes on him, and acted as if Sly were the Lord when he awoke. Why would he deceive him like this? "Persuade him that ... Sly was a beggar who was a slob, worse off, a slob of a lower class. A wealthy Lord came along and wanted to have some fun. Therefore, when Sly was unconscious because of over drinking, the Lord took Christopher into his own home, put the finest clothes on him, and acted as if Sly were the Lord when he awoke. Why would he deceive him like this? "Persuade him that ...
- 334: Television Advertisement
- ... to feel an association going on if he or she drinks that Coors light beer. On one of the Coors light beer commercial, there s a commercial that shows couple of young man and woman drinking Coors light beer and playing volleyball up on the Rocky mountains. A lot of people especially the people around their 20 s would be convinced that if he or she drinks Coors light beer, then ... those under their 20 s would want to drink the beer in order to feel associated with being active and cool. And for those over their 20 s would watch the commercial and feel like drinking the beer thinking that they could go back in their old days and relive the joy of being young. Unlike Coors light beer commercial there are other commercials that contains statistic facts to convince the ...
- 335: Talking About Love
- ... like we ve been run over by a truck. This is in direct contrast to Carver s use of food as a symbol in the story. In Carver s Couples Talk About Love, Moramarco states, Drinking is often contrasted with eating. Food is almost always presented as both nourishing and nurturing. Eating is a communal activity, while alcohol is a kind of empty substitute for it that neither nourishes nor nurtures ... when we talk about love? we may discover that the love that many of us settle for isn t the love we really want. In order to be true to ourselves we need to stop drinking from the bottle of Moramarco s Serial, transient love, and start looking for something a little more nourishing. For without nourishment, we as people, and as a society, can t grow, and will fade away ...
- 336: Karl Marx's Teachings and Capitalism
- ... that the exchange-value of labour power, as a commodity, is determined by the amount of socially acceptable labour-time embodied in it through its production. The production of labour-time involves the worker eating, drinking, and sleeping under a roof. Therefore, the value of labour-power is determined by the cost of living for the worker and his family, as his offspring will become the future work force. If more ... and social limits imposed on the length of the working day. On the one hand, the worker must be able to ensure that his body is able to return to work, which means eating, sleeping, drinking, etc. On the other hand, he must also have time to satisfy his intellectual and social obligations. However, since the rate of surplus value is determined by the amount of surplus labour-time exploited from ...
- 337: To Kill A Mockingbird- The Effect Of Environment On Classism
- ... silly Jean Louise¡The thing is, you can scrub Walter Cunningham until he shines, you can put him in shoes and a new suit, but he¡¯ll never be like Jem. Besides, there¡¯s a drinking streak in that family a mile wide. Finch women aren¡¯t interested in that kind of people¡¯ ¡± (pg. 224). Aunt Alexandra incorporates several aspects of classism into her comment. She retracts all physical attributes that ... never match up with Jem, a highborn Finch. Aunt Alexandra views class as an indicator for a person¡¯s worth, while Scout and Jem insist that everyone is the same inside. The mention of a ¡°drinking streak¡± is one of the categories Aunt Alexandra neatly allots families regardless of justice or the legitimacy of her claims. Similarly she catalogs Walter as ¡°that kind of people,¡± and therefore being unfit for Scout ...
- 338: Winter In The Blood An Analysi
- ... narrator s journey to find his girlfriend, Welch clearly demonstrates the overabundant use of alcohol the narrator consumes to escape reality, and the negative affects that it has upon his life. After a heavy night drinking, the narrator describes the memory loss, the confusion that he feels and the inward turmoil he is struggling with, I tried to clear my head, to empty it of these images, start again, but all ... the narrator does not full understand Yellow Calf s wisdom he respects the old man and his oneness with the land and begins to ponder on his thoughts. Nevertheless, the narrator continues on with his drinking binges and his destructive behavior. Yet this time around, the narrator is becoming more aware of the dangers of his actions. When the narrator follows his sought after girlfriend into The Silver Dollar he envisions ...
- 339: British Society
- ... a loss of social status for her. Of course, she had well guarded secrets which might come out if her son were to antagonize other people politically. Felix Holt was, if not outright opposed to drinking, certainly, opposed to the people spending their money at the Pubs, which should be put to better use in meeting the families' needs. Further, Felix felt that drinking led to violence to the family being hurt. Harold was in agreement with these ideas. When the riots broke out during the election, he intervened in an attempt to mediate or merged with the crowd ...
- 340: Date Rape
- ... others are relatively close by such as outside a house, or downstairs in a house. The mix of drugs and alcohol are significant factors of date rape. They compromise your ability to make responsible decisions. Drinking has become a popular social activity amongst college students and has been seen throughout society as setting the mood for romance. After a few drinks a woman’s judgment is altered, and it is often ... because the woman wouldn’t even know that she was being raped, nor would she have denied sex. Alcohol and drugs play an important role in date rape, so a woman should be cautious when drinking and to whom and where her drinks are being placed. Miscommunication is another important cause of date rape. The woman may act friendly, and the man would interpret that as an invitation to have sex ...
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