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In the song “Swimming Pools” by Kendrick Lamar, he writes “Some people like the way it feels/ Some people wanna kill their sorrows/ Some people wanna fit in with the popular/ That was my problem”(Lamar), we see a very similar description of alcoholism in The Swimmer, by John Cheever, who also uses swimming pools as a metaphor for the hardships of being an alcoholic. Throughout The Swimmer, Cheever, writes using many motifs to show the narrator, Neddy Merrill’s, decline into becoming an alcoholic…

The Roaring Twenties Many wonder what put the “roar” in the Roaring 20’s. Women voting, Klan’s starting, secret hangouts being created and the start of the jazz age are just a few things that put the roar in the 1920’s. Cars were being bought, spectator sports were becoming popular, women were gaining rights, alcohol was banned, speakeasies were created, dance and music grew and markets reached an all-time high, only to come crashing down to conclude this historical decade. Bringing a…

Research shows that brain development continues well into a person’s twenties. Alcohol can affect this development, and contribute to a range of problems. About 4,358 people under the age of twenty one die each year from alcohol related incidents. Drinking can also cause people to make poor decisions and very risky behavior. Drinking before the brain (the temporal lobe) is fully developed affects the judgement making process, I believe that the national drinking age needs to be raised from…

Nearly every driver in our country has been stopped by a police officer for speeding, or knows someone who has been. Whether or not a ticket is given to them is up to the discretion of the officer. Even if someone is lucky enough to escape the speeding ticket, their actions still have a cost associated with them. This cost comes in the form of environmental harm, economical damage, and the compromising of the safety of citizens of the United States. Unlike a speeding ticket, there is no way of…

The Abuse of Psychostimulants/Adderall Abuse Throughout college campuses in the United States drug abuse has been a growing epidemic among college students. College adolescents make up some of the highest rates of addiction due to many factors such as stress, school course workload, curiosity, and peer pressure. The most common drugs used for these cases are alcohol, marijuana, prescription medications and over the counter drugs. Adderall is one of the most common abused stimulant. The medical…

March 23 of 1971 the United States passed the 26th Amendment declaring that at eighteen years old you would be given the right to vote. Therefore in the eyes of the legal system you are an adult. If you are old enough to vote, which is right, that holds a lot of responsibility and power, therefore you should be allowed to consume alcohol by this age. I believe that the age of illegibility to enter the armed forces nevertheless to enter combat is an extraordinarily fair age. The entrance age is…

A wise person once said, “Sometimes we have to let go of what’s killing us, even if it’s killing us to let go.” A man will always try to do what’s best for his family. But does he always know what’s best for the family? In A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry debuts a thirty-five year old man who thinks life revolves around money. Walter Lee Younger, a selfish, careless, and disobedient man will do anything to own a liquor store, but in the end will eventually learn some things are not…

One of the four people in our society who follow their own rule is Blake Shelton. Blake Shelton is a very famous country music singer/song writer and is the husband of Miranda Lambert, a very famous female country music singer and song writer as well. The pair make a quite astonishing Holloywood couple. In addition, Blake Shelton have sold millions of albums and had a tour across the world. In Sisario’s article,- “Blake Shelton Tops Charts For the First Time,” states that: “… has become his…

The Roaring Twenties in America is the era of expansion in the economy and technology invention. It brings Americans more opportunities to get rich and a modern way of living. The era is also remarked by the decay of society’s moral during the Prohibition period. Fitzgerald describes this moral decadence through his famous work, The Great Gatsby, by portraying the infamous bootlegger, Jay Gatsby. During the Roaring Twenties, the government ratified the 18th Amendment, also know as…

As a child you were probably very amused by the surreal properties of Mercury. Especially if you have ever seen it when it a Thermometer breaks as it floats in giant lumped up bubbles. Well there is much more than meets the eye in thermometers. For many, questioning things as a child is just a natural thing. For adults it becomes just something that is accepted, but their is many things that go into effect to make Mercury what it is. The book “The Disappearing Spoon”, by Sam Kean is a book that…