...Abstract Addiction is a chronic relapsing brain disease that has significant impact on your brain and your behavior. People make choices throughout their daily lives and have a choice to start using drugs. The problem at hand is, once someone makes the choice to start using drugs, the pleasure sensation keeps you wanting more. There are a variety of reasons behind why people use substances such as alcohol and other drugs. Many people use substances because they like the way it makes them feel. The substance hijacking their brain’s pleasure system, leaves them wanting to do it again. The use of the substance in such way, influencing the brain to crave the substance, lose control over the use, and continue use despite the consequences. Substance Abuse vs. Substance Use Disorder Substance abuse, also known as drug abuse, is very prevalent in many countries. A drug is any substance that modifies the body’s normal functioning. As stated in our book, Substance Abuse “is the term that is used when an individual uses a compound when there is no legitimate medical need to do so, or, when that compound is used in excess of the social standards” (Doweiko, 2014, p.13). Substance abuse also indicates that the dependence for the chemical or chemicals being abused is nonexistent at this time. One thing to keep in mind is that excessive substance abuse can lead to developing a substance dependency. Addiction affects all aspects of a person’s life. Substance use disorder refers...
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...Is it possible to see Baba as a tragic hero? (21) The definition of a tragic hero is a noble person with heroic or potentially heroic tendencies; however has a tragic flaw that leads to his downfall and a reversal of fortune. The audience typically pities this character. Although it may be argued that Baba is, in fact, a tragic hero, I do not believe that he is. Some readers may see Baba as a tragic hero as Baba does hold some of the characteristics needed for him to be a tragic hero. For example, he is sometimes noble, as on occasion, he quite clearly shows that he has high moral principles, as a noble person would. For example, when he stands up for the woman in the truck. ‘I’ll take a thousand bullets before I let this indecency take place.’ This is considered particularly noble as, given the context in Afghanistan in 1981, to stand up to a Russian soldier in order to stand up for your morals, is noble and heroic. Readers may also view Baba as a tragic hero, because, as a character, he most certainly does have flaws. From the way he treated Amir ‘Baba grunted, didn’t answer.’ (Chapter 2) to the adultery with Hassan’s mother, a high crime in Afghanistan in the past, especially with a servant, resulting in the birth of Hassan. The fact he kept this hidden for so long is a flaw in itself, as he sees himself to have the moral high ground on many occasions, for example, when he forgives Hassan from stealing from Amir. However, these flaws do not instigate Baba’s downfall...
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...author that wrote short stories that had a mix of brutal naturalism, psychological analysis, poetry, and biting satire (2015). He wrote many short stories that got readers to think in a different way to solve what is going on in the story. Liam was considered a leading figure in the Irish Renaissance, for his novels “ The Informer,” “ The Neighbour’s Wife,” and “The Sniper,” just to name a few. These stories were all well known for their complexity and gruesome details. However, many people miss the little details that O’Flaherty implemented into his stories. The story starts off with a sniper on top of a building scouting for other snipers that are trying to kill him. The sniper...
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...Influences of Visual Media Paper HUM/176 Professor Craig Bowler There are many forms of visual entertainment readily accessible to us; it has become the primary source of entertainment. Visual entertainment only has not helped shape American culture but also its values. Visual entertainment comes in many forms; whether it is reading a newspaper, magazines, or just watching television. Visual media has many numerous advantages as well as some disadvantages. Advisements are used to target individuals that find their product appealing. This compels viewers to buy the latest technology gadget or to wear the latest fashion clothes. Media has also changed the way we communicate and this has improved our culture in many ways. For example, in the recent years it has been possible to connect on real time with someone across the world through a computer. Now we are able to connect with people through a simple device like the IPhone 4S. The IPhone 4S lets a person talk through face time and allows them to see each other. Visual media has also made a huge impact on young children and teenagers. With all the new artists coming out changing the music and media culture the younger generation is looking up to them more each day. The younger generations view these artists as role models and want to be exactly like them. The music industry has changed media forever. Artists have introduced us to many different cultures...
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...Social Media Addiction Distracts Drivers Noelyne Paet Chamberlain College of Nursing Social Media Addiction Distracts Drivers PR Newswire (2015) reported Abby Slatten, 20-years-old, was allegedly speeding at 85 miles per hour (mph) while scrolling through pictures on her Facebook account via smartphone. Tragically, Slatten plowed into another car that killed another driver who was at the elderly age of 89-years-old. The elderly victim could have been someones parent, friend, or sibling who did not deserve a fatal ending to their life. A similar story, involved a young 34-year-old woman who received a prison sentencing of 10 years with a $25,000 fine for sending a text message while driving that could not wait, in result, crashed and killed her daughter and two nieces all who were in the same car. That women will serve her sentencing but will never be able to bring back her loved ones back from the accident. The constant reminders of roadway accidents ending in tragedy, such as those police reports, are widely spread across our nation. All tragic stories are disheartening to hear and think about; a reminder to play our part in keeping our roads safer. Tragedy may effect your next door neighbor or a stranger in the local supermarket; no matter who we are or what our background is tragedy exist and does not discriminate against anyone. People can make a difference to their daily living. There are those small percentage of people who has a habit that is...
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...intrigue of a story is determined by the subject matter, and how that subject matter is presented. People who make films have the freedom to manipulate any story, or subject matter. Films which portray real historical, and personal events need to be viewed with the understanding that the form of the film needs to coincide with the content in order for it to be credible. The film Tarnation is a documentary film about a man’s life. John Caouette combines hours of filmed footage from his life. Home movies, photographs from before he was born, answering machine tapes, snippets of short films, and 1980’s pop culture come together to create a fast paced, unsettling, tragic, and dramatic story. This part documentary, part narrative tells the story of his life, and how every aspect of it was affected by the mental instability that his mother experienced from a very young age. Tarnation deals with the themes of family, rape, child abuse, drug addiction, promiscuity, abandonment, and psychosis. The form of the film takes on a very dramatic, and anxious feel. A lot of the footage is shown in fast and short clips. There are times when videos cut in and out at a speed that relates to which part of John’s life is being portrayed. This diary in the form of a movie is raw and emotional. The chaos, and aggressiveness is portrayed not only through the events in John’s life, but the form of the film. The editing of the footage shown in this movie is key to making the story it is telling...
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...from Sonny’s Blues ultimately got twisted in the trap where he lived sending him into a terrible heroin drug addiction and soon getting put in jail. The extremely vague question continuously asked by the Narrator to Sonny, “How can you stand it,” it meaning the pain of life, presumes that the Narrator has no idea how his younger brother is still finding meaning to his life even after tragic experiences...
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...In the words of Dr. Seuss, “Fiction is my addiction!” Fiction has been my addiction this summer. I was required to read two books, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith and Calico Joe by John Grisham. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a book essentially a book about what it means to be human. The book is about a family’s life in poverty and their struggle to get out of it. Calico Joe is about an aspiring, young baseball player who is breaking all the records. Then a tragic incident happens causing his baseball dreams to be ruined. When reading these books you learn the true meaning of “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” At first glance, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith seemed very intimidating. The mere size of the book made me think it...
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...Part I: A. Introduction: Drinking, A Love Story, Written by Caroline Knapp: Is an insider’s story about fighting the battle of alcoholism and addiction, victoriously winning sobriety. Caroline Knapp fought her addiction for 20 years before becoming sober. “The Drink” as she called it, was her true love. The most beloved form being a good crisp dry white wine, but any form would do. She fell in love with alcohol at a young age and loved everything about it. The smell, the sound of a cork being pulled from a bottle, the cold liquid anesthesia running down the back of her throat after a long day at the office, the routine of drinking, but most of all she loved the way alcohol made her feel. Alcohol was the one thing for a very long time in Caroline’s life that she could depend on for temporary mental relief from whatever stressful or anxious thoughts she had. The effect of alcohol bringing a sense of calm and relaxation with every sip, it was her fuel to gain ultimate control of her thoughts and feelings for many, many years. She grew up in a privileged household with noted Harvard Psychiatrist, Peter Knapp, for a father and an abstract artist as a mother. From the outside, a picturesque family, on the inside a lonely and often emotionally terrifying place. Caroline refers to her relationship with her father often throughout the book, stating that at times she felt that he could “see through her” with his ambiguously vague questions and how this made her feel insecure and...
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...“The Lottery” and “The rocking Horse Winner” This paper will compare and contrast two fictional short stories. They have differences that are extreme and similarities that are obvious. I will compare and contrast “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson “The Rocking Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence. Both stories had the reader in great suspense and irony is very intriguing. The similarities that take place in the setting for ‘The Lottery” and “The Rocking Horse Winner appear to be credible. “The Lottery” is held in a village where all the citizens are present. It is summer, the flowers are blooming and the children are playing, The fathers are gathered together talking about crops and harvest with their wives close by their side. In “The Rocking Horse Winner” the mother is married into money that soon diminished. There is never enough money to satisfy the debt in the household. Surely these things are possible. Her son Paul longed to have her love at any cost. Once his mother told him his father wasn’t lucky, he set out on a quest to win her love through luck. The lack of love, affection and attention can happen in a household stressed by debt. The symbol used in both stories is a human sacrifice. In “The Lottery” the entire town desires to sacrifice a human life in hopes to be blessed with an abundance of crops. In “The Rocking Horse Winner” sacrifice is the sons own life. His needed to gain his mother’s love through luck. He rides his rocking horse daily in hopes to acquire...
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...groups to see others as active participants in criminal cultures, as different” (2006, p. 840) in addition to the “highly skewed presentation of crime stories [by the media] on select forms of violent crime and crime victims” (p. 840). News is intended to inform the public of events that affect citizens or are of human interest by providing facts. Before the technological era, news came in the print medium of newspapers, which was the only instrument for communities to communicate generally. Now there are mass instruments in use that include radio, television, magazines, internet, digital media, outdoor media, recordings and reproductions, cinema, cellular phones, video games, broadcasts, etc. Crime in the news can be perceived as an ornate due to the manner in which the many stories are presented as if to blur the line between providing information versus a Realty-TV form of entertainment. This report is analyzes two crime stories that focus on different crimes, the articles purpose, the portrayal of the criminal justice system, the authors reactions, and theoretical explanations of behavioral causation. Purpose. There are two crime news articles in review, the first story reports criminal “charges of possession with intent to distribute heroin, and distribution of heroin resulting in death” (Parker, 2016, p. 1). In the second story, the criminal “had pleaded guilty to two felony counts of criminal mischief for attempting with a college roommate to break into two...
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...in trouble, from drugs, to being a registered sex offender. People looked up to Taylor, and he did not care as he acted out for himself and himself only. Taylor told reporters, “If they wanted to bust me, fine. But I knew they weren`t going to do that, not as long as I was who I was and my game was intact,” which is purely egotistical, thinking just because he’s good; his team will not do the right thing. The fall of Lawrence Taylor will cause many different emotions. It’s very sad how he was into drugs, and knew that his team would not rat him our because of how good he was come game day. His choices will definitely leave people thinking, “I would never do that.” Others will also feel sorry for the dude and depressed because his drug addiction clearly did not affect his paying. Nowadays, the penalties for drugs and such are a lot worse, and the fines to follow are insanely high, over a million...
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...James Baldwin’s “Sonny Blues” is yet another literary masterpiece encompassing the adversity and perseverance of African Americans throughout history. Entranced by the metaphorical weight of the blues, I heard its heaviness intertwined with the throe of the characters as the deafening melody of Harlem’s woe rang from the pages. Baldwin depicts his underlying theme of oppression in the experiences of his characters. Early in the story, the narrator reflects on the day of his father’s funeral when his mother tells him of his uncle’s unjust demise. “Your father says he heard his brother scream when the car rolled over him, and he heard…them white men shouting…And, time your father got down the hill, his brother weren’t nothing but blood and pulp.” (Baldwin 56). Even the narrator himself recalls the tragic death of his two-year-old daughter, Gracie, and the desperation that led to him contacting his brother. Moreover, Sonny was lost in a sea of torment and addiction. “I can’t get anything straight in my head down here and I try not to think about what’s going to happen to me when I get outside again. Sometime I think I’m going to flip and never get outside and sometime I think I’ll come straight back. I tell you one thing, though, I’d rather blow my brains out then go through this again.” (Baldwin 51). Baldwin also illustrates the theme of oppression in his portrayal of Harlem. But houses exactly like houses of out past yet dominated the landscape, boys exactly like the boys...
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...Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls tells the story of Jeannette and her family. Jeannette certainly did not have the easiest life growing up, but she may have had one of the most interesting. I enjoyed the book because the experiences that Jeanette and her family went through make for a very exciting read. These experiences are out of the ordinary and don't represent how a typical American family would live. Jeannette was born into a rather peculiar family. She had a mother and father, and two older siblings, but the way that the family lived made them peculiar. Her parents were not the most cautious of her well being. They believed that their kids should be able to take care of themselves, and that too much parental intervention would lead kids into becoming too dependent. This said, one can imagine how the kids lived. Jeanette and her siblings were constantly in dangerous situations since supervision was limited. Walls even writes that her first memory is being on fire (9). She was making hot dogs over a stove and caught herself on fire. Her mother thought that it was a good idea to let her three year old daughter cook hotdogs over an open fire. She was alright other than a few burns and was hospitalized. Six weeks into her hospitalization her father comes to "check out, Rex Walls-style". He picks her up out of her bed and runs out of the hospital (14). Anecdotes like these are frequent in The Glass Castle. They are not all as tragic as this, but they are all very interesting...
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...Cigarettes DRUGS & SOCIETY FINAL PROJECT Introduction Tobacco use remains a global epidemic with the US being among the affected nations. A century ago, smoking cigarettes was not prime cause of ailment or death in America, and lung cancer instigated by cigarette smoking was fiction in the past 100 years. It is now among the principal cause of deaths in the US. Statistics shows that smoking is responsible for approximately 443,000 deaths in America and with about 50,000 being secondary smokers. About 45 million Americans are smokers, an estimated 3,800 youths are introduced to tobacco use daily. America spends about $96 billion in smoking-related ailments and $97 billion on productivity, which shows tragic impact to the economy. Smoking is addictive, and its effects is not limited to individual, but to finances and further poses a challenge to the state. Accordingly, there is a need for people to work towards quitting smoking. This paper discusses the effects of tobacco use, the available methods for regulating tobacco, and other new methods that addicts can use to quit cigarette smoking. How Smoking Becomes Addicting and its Effects on Human Health Cigarette smoke contains a concoction of about 400 chemicals. Most of the chemicals lack profound research by experts. The more these chemicals are understood, the more it will become easier to control tobacco use and its effects. Nicotine is among tobacco chemicals that is popular but often...
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