Unlike Vance’s mother, Vance was able to overcome his drug problems. When Vance was going through a depression, he began to drink and smoke marijuana. Vance used drugs to deaden his mind, so he would not have to deal with the daily issues of his life. Even though Vance was using drugs as a way to deal with his daily problems he created his own obstacle, and now he has to fight to overcome them. If not, he runs the risk of being an addict similar to his mother. This is called the domino effect. Since Vance’s mother used drugs to help her handle life’s complications, Vance thought it was okay to do the same thing. Just like Vance, many other children believe the same, and they do as they were taught. Nevertheless, if these children had a family
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This obstacle is something that most hillbillies face not Just Vance. Vance even stated this in his novel. He stated, “They’re divorcing more, marrying less, and experiencing less happiness because their economic opportunities have declined”(Vance 5). This quote shows that many hillbillies happiness is declining, and that can play a very big toll on a persons will to succeed. The feeling of depression can cause a person to give up on life, but just like Vance they too can succeed. Although Vance used school and work to overcome his obstacles, others can use the same technic, or find other things that make them happy so that they can fight the feeling of depression.
Education is not something unknown to the hillbilly families; it’s just something they rather disregard. The young men of the hillbilly culture believe that it is a feminine thing to be educated. Therefore, many of them don’t try in school out of fear of being called feminine. In order for these young men to overcome this fear of being criticized they need to stop worrying about what other people think and get their head on straight. They have more important things to worry about rather than what someone else thinks because they need to focus on attaining the American
This obstacle is something that most hillbillies face not Just Vance. Vance even stated this in his novel. He stated, “They’re divorcing more, marrying less, and experiencing less happiness because their economic opportunities have declined”(Vance 5). This quote shows that many hillbillies happiness is declining, and that can play a very big toll on a persons will to succeed. The feeling of depression can cause a person to give up on life, but just like Vance they too can succeed. Although Vance used school and work to overcome his obstacles, others can use the same technic, or find other things that make them happy so that they can fight the feeling of depression.
Education is not something unknown to the hillbilly families; it’s just something they rather disregard. The young men of the hillbilly culture believe that it is a feminine thing to be educated. Therefore, many of them don’t try in school out of fear of being called feminine. In order for these young men to overcome this fear of being criticized they need to stop worrying about what other people think and get their head on straight. They have more important things to worry about rather than what someone else thinks because they need to focus on attaining the American