Analysis Of Sharon Vs. Salinger 's ' The, Taverns And Drinking On Early America '

George Washington, a whiskey distiller himself, thought that distilled spirits were “the ruin of half the workmen in the country….” John Adams, whose daily breakfast included a tankard of hard cider, asked, “….is it not mortifying…. That we, Americans, should exceed all other …. People in the world in this degrading, beastly vice of intemperance?” and Thomas Jefferson, inventor of the presidential cocktail party, feared that the use of cheap, raw whisky was “spreading through the mass of our citizens (Rorabaugh 5).” Drinking was the culture of the American people. During this time “white males taught to drink as children, even as babies. “I have frequently seen fathers” wrote on traveler, “wake their Child of a year old from sleep to make it drink Rum, or Brandy (Rarabaugh 14). This is fascinating for me, because the people were crazy by allowing their teens including babies to drink alcohol. What more interesting is that fathers want their adults of 14 or more to go tavern with

The first problem that his conclusions face is the scarce amount of statistical data from the colonial era onwards. The few surveys he is able to find are mostly either production records or sales records that do not provide an accurate picture of how, when, where, and by whom the alcohol was consumed. Although these surveys give a good window into the amount of alcohol in early America by looking at how much was produced and how much of it was sold, it cannot truly be used to document American drinking habits. In the same way a window into a home may be used to get a solid understanding of the kitchen but may not show the living room, basement, or bedrooms, this data is insufficient to make wide reaching claims

Have you ever remembered the time people against the consumption of alcoholic beverages? It was the temperance movement which began in the early 19th century in order to reduce drunkenness. Nevertheless, the temperance movement promoted government to make the prohibition in the society. Citizens were not allowed to drink the alcohol and banned the alcoholic affected America to maintain their social harmony. Moreover, citizens especially the drinkers’ children developed more slowly and they were more liable to the accident so that the temperance movement can easily educate the alcoholics. For these reasons, the temperance movement should be justified as the most influential event in the U.S. History.

Saloons outnumbered “schools, libraries, and churches” by 1909. Also, there was a greater understanding of the harmful effects of excess alcohol use on health from medical professionals. Politically, “taverns were controlled by brewers” such as Anheuser-Busch or the liquor trusts (Temperance Movement in the 1900’s). Concerns of excess alcohol consumption brought about a climate of social awareness and calls for change in the early

was consumed in the United States in the late 1700’s. Organizations and groups tried to get

Due to the Chesapeake Bay’s focus upon economics, by the 1700’s westward expansion had expanded to encompass large swaths of America. By contrast, the New England colonies had little interest in the accumulation of wealth, as can be seen in “An Ordinance for Wage and Price Regulations in Connecticut” published in 1676. Both laborers and their respective bosses were called upon to “consider the religious end to their callings, which is that receiving such moderate profit as may enable them to serve God and their neighbors with their arts and trades comfortably” (document 5). This economic ignorance is met, however, by a strong focus on social bonds lacking within the Chesapeake Bay colonies. The puritans called upon their members to “rejoice together, mourn together, labor and suffer together,” and through this societal paradigm, “Be as a city upon a hill” (document 1). In contrast John Smith identified many of the tradesmen and others with position and power within Chesapeake Bay as attempting to “[make] all the men slaves” (document 4). The focus upon profit with the Chesapeake Bay colony came at the expense of human dignity in many cases, while the focus upon brotherly compassion within the New England colonies stymied the

In an unknown newspaper, John Warner Barber published a cartoon depicting “The drunkard’s progress, or the direct road to poverty, wretchedness & ruin”, in which he illustrates the timeline of a drunkard’s short life (Doc. 2). Barber illustrates an alcoholic’s ultimate downfall, from the point in which his addiction to alcohol begins, to getting injured and condemning traditional institutions such as religion, to abusing the family and children at home, and to death. Moreover, Barber conveys the realities that every person of the nineteenth century has faced – a family member who has become lost himself in the relief that alcohol gives. When this document was published, millions of men and boys had succumbed to this dangerous indulgence. Since the eighteenth century, when alcohol was initially mass-produced, more and more people have drowned their sorrows – from work or from family problems - and committed countless crimes that resulted in drinking this beverage, including abusing their families and losing much of their money to gambling.

This paper offers an inside look at how the New England and the mid-Atlantic colonies lived, out of the thirteen that settled, the different events that led to their upbringing, religious identities, and their day to day lifestyles. Rather, if it was a small difference that the colonist who lived in the same region were not living the same way their neighbor was, it may have also taken generations for the colonist to get things up and running, but along the way they learn what is needed to make their new living situation work.

Throughout the rich history in the United States tobacco, timber, and alcohol have been very important to the culture in America. Each of these products contributed economically to the colonies. Some have contributed to the shaping of governments and laws. There has recently been a debate about which colonial product was most important to the colonist. Each product has served an important role in building each one of the colonies. Evidence shows that tobacco played the most critical influence on many colonies in early America.

Charles Stelzle believes that saloons serve a good purpose in American societies. “[the saloon-keeper] had access to sources of information which were decidedly beneficial… Often he secured work for both the working man and his children.” [Doc E]. Stelzle makes an important claim. Once prohibition passed, many people were put out of work. Anyone employed in the alcohol-production industry lost their jobs as distilling, transporting, and consuming alcohol became illegal. These now unemployed Americans needed a source of income, and many turned to theft and other methods of illegal activities to survive. Stelzle also notes how saloons were a center of attraction by many citizens. News about the nation, local town, or anything important was passed along. With all of the saloons in America closing, important information would not travel to all of America very easily. Reverend John Haynes Holmes, in Why Not into Other Fields, says, “Why, in short, must the churches restrict their political and social activities to such traditional evils as gambling, liquor selling, and prostitution, and remain indifferent to these other more recent but no less terrible forms of injustice and distress?” [Doc L excerpt]. Holmes is identifying his opinion that although alcohol abuse is a terrible evil and does herald greater evils, he believes that equal attention should be paid to other

What did John Winthrop mean when he spoke of his “city upon a hill”? To what extent were the Puritans successful in building a model community? How and why did the market economy threaten and ultimately transform the

In the subheading, The Urban Web, it talks about how many taverns became the place where people would get belligerently drunk. " One governor told the assembly, would have 'fatal consequences to the government',".   Franklin's very FIRST virtue is

In the mid 1600’s, colonial laws attempted to control alcohol consumption, but drinking per se was not remonstrated. Between

Written in 1951, J.D. Salinger’s, The Catcher in the Rye continues to be a popular book amongst Americans. Although The Catcher in the Rye has been banned in many public school settings in the United States it continues to stay atop some of the greatest books of all time lists. Whether people are in their teens or in their fifties they find themselves drawn to Holden Caulfield. At some point in their life they could relate to a sense of alienation, caused by money and wealth. Humans are wired to be jealous and want what others have. Holden Caulfield has the opposite problem, he has money and wealth which he inherited from his hard working parents. However, he himself is not motivated to work hard, graduate prep school and earn his own wealth. Instead he despises hard working students at the many prep schools he drops out of. Holden also has a big number of family complications. An area to explore is how wealth can contribute to feelings of alienation and despair. Holden Caulfield has a complex relationship with money, not wanting to associate from it, but benefiting from it. A further look into the 1950’s may give an insight into the troubled mind of Holden Caulfield.

Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye has been pronounced a literary classic for its atypical portrayal of adolescence, to effectively convey the protagonist’s alienation and confusion. The introduction of The Catcher in the Rye is underpinned by disorder and confusion through a stream-of-consciousness narration, which digresses from one subject to another. Consequently, Holden’s multitudinous thoughts and feelings appear to lack a cohesive pattern. Additionally, Holden’s prevalent ascription of other students as “phony” (Salinger, p.3) alludes to his alienation and isolation as a form of self-protection; he rejects those he does not understand. Furthermore, the vocabulary encapsulates typical adolescence dialect of the 1940s, and resultantly, alienates contemporary reader. This is typified through Holden’s use of colloquial speech, in particular, his exclamation “that killed me” (Salinger, p.42) to express his amusement. Therefore, the introduction of Holden’s disjointed monologue in The Catcher in the Rye foreshadows Salinger’s unique interpretation of adolescence.