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- 1271: Alcoholizm
- ... hallucinations, and extreme tremors may occur. The latter symptoms are involved in the most serious alcohol withdrawal syndrome, delirium tremens, which can prove fatal despite prompt treatment. This is in contrast to withdrawal from narcotic drugs such as heroin, which, although distressing, rarely results in death. Recent evidence has shown that heavy—and even moderate—drinking during pregnancy can cause serious damage to the unborn child: physical or mental retardation, or ...
- 1272: American History X
- ... this are clear. Since we are required to believe that the only explanation for non-white failure is white racism, every time a non-white is poor, commits a crime, goes on welfare, or takes drugs, white society stands accused of yet another act of racism. All failure or misbehavior by non-Whites is standing proof that white society is riddled with hatred and bigotry. This obligatory pattern of thinking leads ...
- 1273: Death Of A Salesmen
- ... such as Electroconvulsive treatment, or ECT, is widely used by psychiatrists for depressed patients (73 Bugelski). Electroconvulsive therapy may help sever cases improve significantly with psychological treatment and antidepressant medication if used in combination. Antidepressant drugs such as fluoxetine (Prozac) and paroxetine (paxil) given to elevate mood, counter suicidal thoughts and increase the effectiveness of psychotherapy. With proper care and leadership from your Doctor depression will become controllable. In conclusion Willy ...
- 1274: Comparing The Anti-utopias Of
- ... different methods to control emotion within the populace. Brave New World surrounds its inhabitants with luxury and satisfies their every desire. When a person s desires cannot be satisfies, the government urges them to use drugs that make them forget what they desired in the first place. 1984 takes all pleasures away from people and then redirects the strong feelings of desire that they have towards ideas that support the government ...
- 1275: Cuckoos Nest
- ... these themes to the reader. The book is also backed up by a strong realism which Kesey managed to acquire from years serving on a mental ward and from his own explorations into mind-altering drugs. But probably the most important way in which Kesey communicates his themes with the reader is through the use of third person narration. Kesey chooses one of the patients, Chief Bromden, as the narrator of ...
- 1276: Chicano Literature
- ... story different endings. He's the smart Chicano who wants to do something with his life just like Henry wanted to go to the Navy. He's the Chicano who ends up drinking and taking drugs. He's the Chicano who gets married and lives happily ever after. Conclusion I wish I had been able to give a complete biographical sketch of every author whose stories I read in the process ...
- 1277: Interview And Death
- ... strong, handsome, and athletic man, he now weighs close to 100 pounds, his appetite having fallen victim to rigorous treatments of chemotherapy. David speaks slowly, at times obviously in great pain, a side effect from drugs which are a last ditch effort toward a miracle. He composes himself and explains, “No one can ever truly know what the feeling of death is like until they actually feel it for themselves.” Generally ...
- 1278: Iliad And Odyssey
- ... Eaters. The inhabitants of this country were nice but somewhat odd. They had a bizarre plant that when eaten by seamen; it would quickly cause memory loss and laziness. In our society, there are countless drugs that effect your memory and our will to survive. Usually the people that are using them are nice but somewhat odd. In the homeland of Circe, many of men were turned into swine by the ...
- 1279: Comparison Of Mark Twain And W
- ... about what molecules were whereˇ¨ (p.105). Oedipaˇ¦s purpose in the novel, besides executing a will, is to find meaning in a life dominated by assaults on peopleˇ¦s perceptions through the use of drugs and the muting of communications. Entangled in this chaos, Oedipa has to do what the Maxwellˇ¦s Demon does: sort useful facts from useless ones. Pynchon involves his audience in that they also have to ...
- 1280: Crying Of Lot 49
- ... about what molecules were whereˇ¨ (p.105). Oedipaˇ¦s purpose in the novel, besides executing a will, is to find meaning in a life dominated by assaults on peopleˇ¦s perceptions through the use of drugs and the muting of communications. Entangled in this chaos, Oedipa has to do what the Maxwellˇ¦s Demon does: sort useful facts from useless ones. Pynchon involves his audience in that they also have to ...
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