The Downward Spiral

It’s the late 1700s early 1800s, and I guess you could say America is in the beginning stages of a long and rocky marriage with a later desperate struggle for independence. The French and Indian War has ended, and America has its lovely new ally Britain to thank in part. They both believed that the war on their end was a great success, but both saw their input on the war a bit differently. The British felt that they not only fought hard, but there was a significant financial loss in helping save…

Hamlet’s “guise of false madness” (222) is what started the downward spiral that ended in the death of many characters in the play. Levy begins his conclusion with this statement, “Hamlet's conceptual development concern not who he thinks he is, but how his thought reconceptualizes the function of thinking” (231). Eric P. Levy’s analysis of Hamlet’s thoughts in conjunction with the question of the “complexity of "[w]hat is a man" (231), not only analyzes Hamlet as a character but also, in the…

slip away from Stephen soon after his poetic inspiration. His girl flirts with another man, another student surpasses him in educational prestige, which angers him greatly, and his relationship with Catholicism completely crumbles. This second downward spiral affects his relationship with his family and even his country, which alludes to the secondary story of Daedalus and his origins, as his relationship with his country is severed by his displeasure with another talented individual.…

many rehab programs with the last one being a thirteen month Christian program at a place called Teen Challenge. At some point, he stopped working the program. He came out of rehab and start using substances right away. The next ten years was a downward spiral. Jerry’s life ended with alcohol, cocaine, and heroin in his…

have on drugs. They can be medical or for recreational uses. To some people, drugs are magical and have healing powers; to others, drugs are interesting or used for fun. In serious cases, drugs can be habit forming and can cause one’s life to spiral downward. Drugs have many uses and to each person, they mean something different. The term drug is complicated on its own but the term drug abuse is even more complicated. What can be seen as harmful and dangerous to one person can be medical and…

downfall as an antihero. Ezeulu starts out as a very high figure knowing that he is the chief priest of the deity, Ulu. His intentions as a chief priest were only pure, since Umuaro wanted Ezeulu to become chief priest in the first place. Things spiral downward as soon as Winterbottom invades Umuaro, and the villages blame Ezeulu for this; even though Umuaro actions were the ones that caused the white men to invade. After a while Ezeulu believes that his conflict was indeed with the white man,…

Lord of the Flies is a literary classic. The novel is filled with symbolism. This writing will elaborate on two of the symbols, the conch shell, and the smoke from the fire. The shell is a delicate symbol of the fragile society the boys have created on the island. It summons them to council and allows them free speech. The smoke is their only hope of salvation. Both the shell and the smoke are delicate and must be protected. Literary Analysis - Lord of the Flies: Shells and Smoke…

The Yellow Wallpaper is a short story written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and it is about a woman who is dealing with depression and with help of her husband and a faulty medical treatment shows her decent into madness. This story shows many aspects of Gilman’s life but this does not mean it is in anyway an autobiography. Gilman is able to show some of the experiences she has had in her life and has put it into a fictional story. The Yellow Wallpaper has themes of subordination of women in…

It’s having the attitude that everyone can win. There are four categories to be classified in when it comes to competition. The categories list think win-lose the totem pole, think lose-win the doormat, think lose-lose the downward spiral, and think win-win The-All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet. The first group, think win-lose, is an attitude towards life that says the pie of success is only so big, and if you get a big piece there is less for me. In this case, I’m going to make sure I get…

There are multitudinous ads, from thousands of different companies, all with a function, to get their point across. Whether those points are, to sell a merchandise, to warn about something, or possibly one completely diverse then the archetypal commercial. Each purpose has an audience, upon which they are trying to captivate to, which varies upon age groups. Ads can be in multiple formats, such as, video, digital, or print. No matter what the format, each advertisement contrasts one another,…