Laugharne

In Under Milk Wood, the text takes place in a town called Llareggub. Llareggub comes from reversing a phrase that reads “bugger all”. Many think that the inspiration for this town came from the author because, Laugharne was the village where Thomas lived in the thirties. The text opens with “It is Spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black the cobblestone streets silent and the hunched..” (Thomas 3). The first sentence of the texts gives the reader a feeling of being in a small village filled with sleeping people. Later in the text there is the “Voice of a Guide-book”, this is where I found the best description in the setting of the town in this text. The description of the town in this voice makes it sound very normal, like there is not much to attract in the town and everyone does just about the same thing everyday. The description of the setting almost makes the town sound boring, “...remaining a few eighteenth-century houses…

a piece that look similar to Under Milk Wood for the school magazine in 1931. In 1932 he told his friend about the idea to write a play about a Welsh town. After that he started to write the outline. He reads to his friends and first the story’s name was Llareggub. This was the idea before Under Milk Wood developed later. Moreover he also told the writer Richard Huges that “What Laugharne really needs is a play about well-known Laugharne characters – and get them all to play themselves.” (Under…

Hill and Laugharne recorded all of an asylum’s patient’s medical records, and made a chart of the outcomes. According to Hill and Laugharne, the positive results were that, “57.5% of those diagnosed with Mania, dementia or melancholia were recovered and discharged in less than or at a year.” However, the negative results were that, “34% of patients died within the first year.” In conclusion, insane asylums were both horrible and fantastic. The outlook depends on what aspect one is judging from,…

with someone at the time. In 1937, they married. However, the marriage was rough, and both were rumored to be having multiple affairs. In 1940, the couple moved to London, where Thomas served as an anti-aircraft gunner in the war, but was rejected from further active combat due to his illness. They eventually moved out of London to Laugharne to avoid the air raids bombarding the city. Although Thomas had much popularity in the poetry community, he did not get rich off of it. He and his wife…

condition in the previous twelve months (Scott & Happell, 2011). Often, the most common causes of mortality are treatable effects of poor physical health (Happell, Scott, Platania phung, & Nakivell, 2012). Individuals with a SMI have a reduced life expectancy of twenty years (Happell, et al. 2012). Those with a SMI are twice more likely than the general population to be diagnosed with cardiovascular disease, hepatitis, type two diabetes mellitus (Happell, et al. 2012), HIV infection and some…

There are several risk factors that contribute to metabolic syndrome. These are categorized into non-modifiable and modifiable risk factors. Non-modifiable risk factors such as age, gender, family history of diabetes, stroke and cardiovascular diseases. Modifiable risk factors such as smoking, alcohol abuse, poor nutrition, obesity, sedentary lifestyle (Stanley & Laugharne, 2014). Along with these risk factors, the risk factors associated with SGAs in SUs with SMI such as weight gain, increased…

University. Although he could not finish yet, the fact is he just finish the last part with Brinnin’s assistant and Liz Reitell because it is the day of premiered. He still work on Under Milk Wood as he returned home in Wales. After he back to the States for the final tour. He died because of his drinking and health’s problem in New York before the record of Under Milk Wood by BBC. Figure 1: Biografie As he said that he born and grew up in Welsh culture, so he had influence from this…

statistical date of suicide rates is often unreliable due to underreporting and misreporting which prevents the discovery of the true social correlates of suicide (Pescosolido & Mendelsohn, 1986). However, the findings in a study by B.A. Pescosolido and Robert Mendelsohn (1986) conclude that misreporting has little effect on the relationship between suicide rates and indicators of concepts in sociological theories of suicide. They attest that these discrediting factors have little effect on the…

re-admit in hospital due to deterioration in her mental state. Moreover, a SU, who was on long-term clozapine treatment, diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and was prescribed metformin 1000 mg. Mental health nurses (MHN) have an important role in assessing and motoring the physical health condition of SUs with SMI and identifying the risks contributing to their physical health. There are several risk factors that contribute to metabolic syndrome. These are categorized into non-modifiable and…