The book, “No One Here Gets Out Alive,” by Jerry Hopkins and Danny Sugerman, is a biography of the Rock n’ Roll star and poet; Jim Morrison. Jim Morrison is known as the singer in the band The Doors. He was also known as, by those close to him, an amazing poet who, more towards the end of his desire to continue music, eventually got his poetry published. Morrison was a unique individual with how he was and through his lyrics. Jim was seen as a sexy revolter of authority whose music involved “somewhat freudian symbolism, poetic but not pretty, filled with suggestions of sex, death, and transcendence.”(Pg. 155) He also came across as a drunk and a drug addict who also abused woman yet they were still in love with him and fans were mesmerized
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Even when he had threatened the women in his life and hurt them. For example, the first time he hurt a woman in his life physically was his first girlfriend of two and a half years. Her name was Tandy. It happened one night after he cried in her lap then leaving just to come back telling her he loves. With her response of, “sure you do.”(Pg. 25) he responded with her being so smug then grabbed her arm and twisted it telling her he should cut her face to leave a nasty scar “so no one else will look at you but me.”(Pg.25) After this event he called her the night after to apologize and she still wanted to see Jim despite his actions. Later down the road another incident occurred with a woman named Rosanna who let Jim stay at her place. One night she called him out on the way he talks and called him a phony, Jim didn’t like that so he went into the kitchen grabbed a knife then grabbed her wrist and put her arm behind her back telling her, “You can’t say that to me,” he whispered,”I’m gonna cut you and see if you bleed.”(Pg.76) Luckily, someone came in and he played it off as a joke. Afterwards, she apologized to him after he hurt her and accepted his apology and let him stay the night again. Women let him do what he wants because they are attracted to him and when he isn’t all crazy they actually adored by him. Lastly, with his main lover Pamela, he cheats on her numerous times and they get into terrible fights she still ends up marrying him and living with him despite her dislike in his drinking habits and the way he treated
Even when he had threatened the women in his life and hurt them. For example, the first time he hurt a woman in his life physically was his first girlfriend of two and a half years. Her name was Tandy. It happened one night after he cried in her lap then leaving just to come back telling her he loves. With her response of, “sure you do.”(Pg. 25) he responded with her being so smug then grabbed her arm and twisted it telling her he should cut her face to leave a nasty scar “so no one else will look at you but me.”(Pg.25) After this event he called her the night after to apologize and she still wanted to see Jim despite his actions. Later down the road another incident occurred with a woman named Rosanna who let Jim stay at her place. One night she called him out on the way he talks and called him a phony, Jim didn’t like that so he went into the kitchen grabbed a knife then grabbed her wrist and put her arm behind her back telling her, “You can’t say that to me,” he whispered,”I’m gonna cut you and see if you bleed.”(Pg.76) Luckily, someone came in and he played it off as a joke. Afterwards, she apologized to him after he hurt her and accepted his apology and let him stay the night again. Women let him do what he wants because they are attracted to him and when he isn’t all crazy they actually adored by him. Lastly, with his main lover Pamela, he cheats on her numerous times and they get into terrible fights she still ends up marrying him and living with him despite her dislike in his drinking habits and the way he treated