Lucy In The Sky Sparknotes

The book Slouching Towards Bethlehem, by Joan Didion, is centered in California during the start of the hippie movement in the 1960s. Growing up in that society, it was common to be depressed and dependent on drugs, that was the beginning of the acceptance of drug usage. By reading her text, one can assume that Didion was curious in her younger years. She was raised in California, so she explored the cities close to her and in which she lived, such as San Francisco, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. She wrote about what she encountered during her exploration, however, not what she felt.

She suffers unbelievable tragedy with the death of her only son and husband in a matter of a month, yet she is one of the only static characters because it does not change her. Willie is Lucy’s first love and they both come from humble beginnings in Mason County. She is largely domestic (Jack spends a good portion of the first chapter describing Lucy in a state of “bliss of self-fulfillment” because she served dinner successfully) and makes many sacrifices for Willie’s career- she stays married to him despite his affairs with multiple women (Warren 1.51). Lucy’s main internal conflict is looking for a “something so [she] could live” after Willie and Tom’s death (Warren 10.590).

Each part explains something different about the drugs and how it has influenced millions of people. The first part is “The Confluence of Psychoactive Resources” and this section helps to explain what was products were part of this new revolution. The second section of the book is called “Drugs and Commerce” and here we get to read about the medicinal value, but also the psychoactive revolution. Then the third part of the book is called “Drugs and Power” and here it explains to us the power of alcohol and drugs.

And the reason on why she chose Allie to read her diary. After Lucy tell Alli where to find her body she is being followed by a man who she does not know. But Lucy soon tells Allie that it was her stepfather and he was trying to kill Allie because he didn't want her to discover Lucy’s body. Lucy saves Allie by pushing him off the cliff to his death.(question

"In the end John was forced to give in. Linda got her soma. Thenceforward she remained in her little room on the thirty-seventh floor of Bernard 's apartment house, in bed, with the radio and television always on, and the patchouli tap just dripping, and the soma tablets within reach of her hand - there she remained; and yet wasn 't there at all, was all the time away, infinitely far away, on holiday;....... only much more so, incomparably more, and without end" (Huxley 155) “More than twenty three million people over the age of twelve are addicted to alcohol and other drugs, affecting millions more people….. spouses, children, family members, friends, neighbors and colleagues at work”(NCADD). Alcohol and drug dependence plays a huge role on

You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.” Therefore, this taught me to stay positive even in the worst situations. Another example was when Jeanette was young. She depended on her drunk father and hopeless mother to actually find a way to help them get the perfect life. They never ended up giving Jeanette the life she deserved, so she had to work to get it by herself, which she ended up doing.

One lesson in the book that I feel Jem learns as a part of growing up is moral courage. Atticus once told Jem that “courage is [not] a man with a gun in his hand. It 's when you know you 're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.” Jem had always seen bravery as important and often tried to show the courage in him but only learnt about what moral courage really was through a series events that took place in the book.

Scouts developments throughout the novel revolve around the lessons she is taught be three people, Calpurnia, Miss Maudie, and Aunt Alexandra. These three characters each have their own lessons to teach including forgiveness, understanding, equality and much more. These lessons allow Scout to have a wider perspective of the situation she finds herself in. Scout in the novel is presented to us as a growing a developing character. The lessons she is taught by her three feminine influences help her development a lot in the throughout the novel as they are a wide variety of lessons most likely helping think of what to do in most situations she finds herself in.

This book is promoting the distribution of hard core drugs like LSD to young kids when the effects it has on a child's body would stunt the growth of the body as well as how the brain develops. This book is not a good influence for anyone under the age of 17 because it allows children the idea to distribute drugs on the street to get more bread in their

Lucy stands in many ways in contrast to Mina’s character as their moral views and ways of life are distant. She has no occupation and is in no way seeking any form of education. Due to this fact she resembles at first initially in no case the modern New Women, as these sought for independence and education. Her personality can be described as girly, lovely and ‘sweetly innocent’, a seeming sample of Victorian perfection. Lucy is highly beheld for her beauty as her appearance is that of a luminous beauty with fair hair, that is described as “sunny ripples” , and pure bright eyes.

Drugs, especially the overlooked ones such as sleeping pills, are commonly abused in Fahrenheit 451, and share similarities to cases in the world today. Mildred’s pill habits

Entry 1: Passage: “Need a haircut greaser.” #5 Situation: In this situation is when ponyboy is getting jumped by the Socs. Importance: I think it is significant because it show what it is like around them.

Children go to school to gain knowledge, but life can give children the most important education. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem, and Scout are two growing children navigating life in the 1930’s in racist Alabama. They see racism throughout their town and have to navigate how they want to live their lives or follow their town. In their own school, they see racist people, and they often question what they hear, see, and learn.

The point of this addition is to demonstrate how drugs control contemporary society. Despite being relatively well off everyone looks for a chance to escape into their own personal world and the higher ups provide the technology needed for this escapism. “The remedy was to make the holiday continues. Greedily she clamoured for ever larger, ever more frequent doses. Dr. Shaw at first demurred; then let her have what she wanted.

The book starts with William Lee running from the cops as he wonders where he is going to get his next fix from. Burroughs doesn’t waste any time in getting right into the action. This, in many cases, is the life of a drug addict. Some addicts spend their entire lives on the run with the one focus: getting their next fix. The interzone in this book gives good example as to what it is like while under the influence of drugs.