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THe heavy bear who goes with me
Title: THe heavy bear who goes with me
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 408 | Pages: 1.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
THe heavy bear who goes with me
The Heavy Bear Who Goes With Me
Alcohol, probable the oldest drug known, has been used since the earliest of societies for celebration, rituals, and other social situations. In the early 1920’s society viewed alcohol as more of a social problem, and the 18th amendment was passed to outlaw the consumption, sell, or trade of alcohol. This action caused much more misconduct, due to gangsters, and other organized crimes against the government. Prohibition was abolished with the 21st amendment in 1933. The poem “The Heavy Bear …showed first 85 words of 408 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 408 total…apparent that Schwartz feels that alcoholism is bearish.
Conflicts with culture may make it difficult for some people to develop their own stable attitudes and moderate patterns of drinking. “The strutting show-off is terrified, dressed in his dress-suit” An alcoholic may feel using alcohol as a way to change moods or to be sociable. Schwartz shows this is a very unhealthy connection to drinking. The bear, “Howls in his sleep because of the tight-rope”, this line explains the emotional hold alcohol has over the writer.
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