Seven Drunken Nights

Everybody looks at life from a different perspective. They observe the world through their own unique and exciting pair of lens. Others, however, can walk through life seeing the world through a fragmented pair of lens, once untouched and distinctive, now shattered and melted down by the overwhelming feelings of depression and loneliness, similar to how the narrator feels in Robert Frost's "Acquainted with the Night." This poem delves deep into the mind of an anonymous person who is walking through the desolate and empty streets outside a city at night, contemplating their swirling emotions of depression and isolation. Robert Frost uses imagery, a depressive tone, and symbolism to convey the theme of isolation in "Acquainted with the Night."

Drinking, A Love Story, Written by Caroline Knapp: Is an insider’s story about fighting the battle of alcoholism and addiction, victoriously winning sobriety. Caroline Knapp fought her addiction for 20 years before becoming sober. “The Drink” as she called it, was her true love. The most beloved form being a good crisp dry white wine, but any form would do. She fell in love with alcohol at a young age and loved everything about it. The smell, the sound of a cork being pulled from a bottle, the cold liquid anesthesia running down the back of her throat after a long day at the office, the routine of drinking, but most of all she loved the way alcohol made her feel.

Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood is Koren Zailckas' account of life as an alcoholic. It traces her life from her first drink, when she was fourteen, to her last, at twenty-two; Smashed chronicles Zailckas' struggle with alcohol abuse, in an effort to explain the binge drinking phenomenon that plagues America's youth.

The Memoir Night, by Elie Wiesel, is about a young Jewish boy, Elie and his father going through the concentration camp. Throughout the book, Elie faces many challenges and unfair inhumane treatment through his experience at the camp and fights to survive as well as fighting for his father and others to survive. Sadly, his fighting for others was not enough in some cases, like when his father passed away from dysentery. However, Elie pushed through and continued to fight even without his father and eventually was rescued from the camp after about 2 years. Wiesel uses motifs and characterization to show how in difficult situations people reveal their true selves, change their morals, or adapt their morals when necessary.

Nakae Chomin wrote A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government in 1887. It is a work of debate literature that presents us with multi-dimensional characters with very specific and indefinable beliefs about how Japan should be run. Nakae Chomin studied in France for some time and this certainly must have influenced his thoughts and writings.

Films of different genres use different techniques to improve a film’s quality. In the same way the film A midnight in Paris uses similar techniques to provide a overall view on Gil’s character. Despite some scenes being similar in editing and mise-en-scene, those scenes provide a total different aspect of Gil’s character. In one scene Gil is criticized by others and no one believes in him and in another scene Gill is still being criticized but in a positive way. In the film, A midnight in Paris the character of Gil is revealed through the filmmaking technique as mise-en-scene, editing, sound, and cinematography.

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From what listeners can hear about the man’s current life, he looks for happiness in his life and he goes to the bar and gets drunk to cope with the fact that he will not be getting those day back.

“Just now.” Taehyung yawned, letting go of Jungkook’s hand to stretch, his husky voice cracking a little from sleep as he let out a satisfied groan. Jungkook watched his body twisting, his shirt riding up to show smooth skin stretching taut over lean muscle, and couldn't help but reach out to touch. He ran his fingertips down Taehyung’s side and brushing them over the softer skin of his lower stomach, watching the muscles jump and flutter beneath his touch. Taehyung lifted his head to glance at him, eyebrow raised, lips stretched to one side in a lazy smirk, before sitting up, lightly, softly grabbing his wandering hand and holding it in place, hooded gaze flirty and teasing. Jungkook sat back and grinned appreciatively as Taehyung ran a

When someone dies, Jamaicans follow the tradition of nine night which originates with African culture, but has Christian influences. Nine night is part of the mourning process, though it is not a sad occasion like in western cultures. Instead, it is a joyful celebration of the deceased's life. In Jamaican culture when someone dies it is believed that their “duppy” (ghost) stays close to where a person died or lived. Thus, the mattress in the deceased’s house is flipped and the position of furniture is changed so the duppy cannot recognize the house and will go away. During the nine nights family and friends are invited over to the family’s house and the men will go and dig the grave. On the ninth and final night there is a party with lots of

The flashing lights blurred my eyes the moment I entered the club. Sweaty bodies bumped into each other as the music blasted throughout the building. It was your typical scene of a club. Drunken people vomiting in the corner, strangers leaving with one another, and exhausted bartenders trying to tend to the impatient customers. It was not my ideal place to meet an online friend, but I was desperate for social interaction from almost anyone that I could get since I had just moved to New York.

Dubliners by James Joyce is a collection of stories centered around Joyce’s intentions to write the moral history of Dublin’s paralysis. Although paralysis seems to be the main theme in Dubliners, another motif comes across in the pages of the stories. As if all of the mental, physical, and emotional problems weren’t enough, many of the characters in Dubliners are alcoholics. Joyce utilizes the character of the drunk in many of the stories in Dubliners; hardly a story skips a mention of a drink. The negative effects of alcohol occur again and again through the collection of stories. For the most part, men are brought down by their addiction to alcohol and their inability to control themselves when they are drunk. In Dubliners, the characters seek their own desires, face obstacles that frustrate them, and ultimately give in to their need to consume alcohol. With Dubliners, James Joyce brings attention to the different issues that consuming alcohol caused in early 20th century Ireland using three particular stories; “Counterparts”, “Grace” and “Ivy Day in the Committee Room”.

This is all in all a very busy song, which has the remarkable ability to be played over and over, as the listeners ears will pick up on different instruments and lines which were not noticed

I understand that, at least for me at the time, drinking was a way of connecting with friends, to socialize with strangers, and to alleviate the shyness. But in hindsight, I noticed there was a change from wanting to needing a drink.  It was a way to deal with the tree of work and life itself. Years later now my wife and son are in the picture, I do my best not drink "that much" at home, but still finding a myriad of excuses to do so.

“Acquainted with the Night” by Robert Frost dramatizes the conflict that the speaker experiences with the outside world, which has rejected him, or perhaps which he has rejected. The poem is composed of fourteen lines and seven sentences, all of which begin with “I have.” Frost’s first and last line, “I have been one acquainted with the night,” emphasizes what it means for the speaker to be “acquainted with the night” (line 1; 14). The speaker describes his walk in the night as journey, in which he has “walked out of rain—and back in rain” and “outwalked the furthest city light” (line 2-3). Through the depiction of the changing weather conditions, Frost signifies the passage of time, perhaps indicating that the narrator has been on his journey for a lengthy period of time and has traveled through many cities. Furthermore, the imagery of the rain at night creates a forlorn atmosphere in the poem.