Summary: The Magnificent Muraco

In La Mentira chapter 1, Demetrio returned home to Mexico and discovered that his brother Ricardo suicide himself. He finds a letter from a mysterious woman detailing how she never loved Ricardo and that she is getting married to someone else, how she aborted their child and how she spent all his money and realizes that she was the cause of his death.

The active ingredient in marijuana is “tetrahydrocannabinaol” or THC. Smoking marijuana draws the THC from the lungs to the brain where it suppresses neurons causing distortions of time and perception. It also causes lack of coordination, feelings of euphoria, heightened sensitivity, paranoia, and sometimes uncontrolled hilarity. Within seconds of smoking marijuana muscles relax, eyes redden and pulse rate increases. Marijuana is a plant that can grow and thrive just about

Art influenced by drugs faces a unique challenge from the mainstream: prove its legitimacy despite its "tainted" origins. The established judges of culture tend to look down upon drug-related art and artists, as though it is the drug and not the artist that is doing the creating. This conflict, less intense but still with us today, has its foundations in the 1960s. As the Beatnik, Hippie, and psychedelic movements grew increasing amounts of national attention, the influence of drugs on culture could no longer be ignored by the mainstream. In an age where once-prolific drugs like marijuana and cocaine had become prohibited and sensationalized,

The above image is a painting by Antonio Ruiz and is called “El sueño de la Malinche” meaning “The Dream of Malinche”. It depicts a Mexican town within the Aztec Empire, that is built upon a resting woman named Malinche. The image depicts the woman sleeping with the the Mexican city lying on her, therefore with one toss or turn being catastrophic to the city, and is further depicted to have lightning striking her head, which means to further risk the Mexican City being destroyed by Malinche’s action.

Marijuana is a mixture of the dried parts of the cannabis sativa hemp plant. Excessive marijuana use can lead to an addiction. The main chemical in marijuana is tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which moves quickly through the bloodstream and to the brain, causing mild hallucinogenic effects. THC binds with cannabdnob receptors and activates neurons, which causes adverse effects on the mind and body. THC can mimic or block actions of neurotransmitters and interfere with normal functions. Marijuana use can lead to disturbed thoughts and can worsen psychotic symptoms. The short-term effects of marijuana include impaired coordination; skewed sensory and time perception; difficulty with thinking; shortened attention span and distractibility; impaired learning and memory. Long term users of marijuana often experience lowered motivation and some can experience anxiety, panic attacks, respiratory illness, and increased heart rate and risk of heart attack.

Although marijuana is a hallucinogen it does not have a highly addictive characteristic like other hallucinogens. In 2004 the National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that its short term effects include, but are not limited to: blood shot eyes, dry mouth and increased heart rate. Its long term effects include, but are not limited to: lower testosterone levels in men, and higher testosterone levels in women. When you compare this to other drug’s side affects you see that they are not so bad.

For example, his friendship with Richard, who has a problem with heroin, “…Richard, a sculptor, landed in Provincetown from New York a few months earlier to escape a heroin habit that had gotten out of hand, sick as a dog when we met” (Flynn 149). These risk factors in his life helped encourage and influence his view of drugs. By including these risk factors Flynn accurately describes the beginnings of drug

Drugs such as Marijuana and Cocaine are prevalent during his time at the camp, and

The group members often get tattoos with their “Juggalo names” and other Juggalo tattoos. They also wear face paint to look like scary clowns, usually black and white to emulate the Insane Clown posse’s style. Their

It would also make sense for him to taste like coffee and powdered sugar. The coffee was the drink of choice when it was just a bit too early to drink something stronger and the powdered sugar was from that last donut that he ate. He was constantly joking with Sam that coffee came from a bean, therefore it was a vegetable, and therefore healthy. And didn’t donut have the word ‘nut’ in it and therefore also healthy? It would have been fitting for him to taste that way, given his personality. Something biter and strong

Published in 1837 in France by Victor Sejeur, “The Mulatto” is a graphic representation of both the physical violence occurring during the life of an enslaved person in St. Domingue. The American expatriate Séjeur was unencumbered by the limitations experienced by mid-19th century black authors in the United States and could freely express the violent reality of a society based in a slave economy. The story of Georges, the son of a slave-owner and an enslaved woman, is told by an elderly narrator during the time after the slave rebellion to the unnamed narrator visiting St. Domingue for the first time. “The Mulatto” is an examination of the violence inherent in a society based upon slavery and the reverberation of that violence. Séjeur specifically focuses on how the violence of a society based upon a slave economy pervasively impacts the societal unit of the family and includes violence committed by the oppressors on the oppressed as well as the violent reaction of those that have had their family and humanity mutually devastated.

Miro had just started his conquest of freedom. He escaped the bridge, killed Kate, and went on to continue this war. There the world seemed to stop, almost like Time itself decided to take a break. The environment around him started to fade and morph around him. Within what he would perceive as an instance, he was back on a bridge. Suddenly time resumed. At that moment everyone was as they were before the attack on the bridge. First came the smoke bombs, then what seemed to be the military attack. It was then that Miro felt the strange feeling of déja vu. It felt like he was experiencing this not for the first time, but the most recent time of many. He felt his movements happen like muscle memory, not of free will or unconscious thought. He became more and more aware of the scripted

There are many signs of marijuana use. There are physical changes and there are changes in people's actions. Some physical changes are bloodshot eyes, faster heart rate, lack of coordination, increased cravings on snacks, and sleepiness. Some changes in someone’s actions would be

Referencing the previous tale, the Tale of Melibee, the monk’s prologue introduces the reader to a brief commentary from the host, Harry Bailey, and sets the stage for a series of tragedies. The host begins the prologue by stating that he wishes to have experienced Chaucer's tale of Melibee personally. Harry Bailey describes his wife’s patience, or lack thereof, compared to that of Prudence, the wife of Melibee. By directly characterizing his wife, the host portrays an image of an abusing slave owner and self victimizing accuser who has the ability to overpower her husband through sheer will alone. After such a sobering description of his wife, Harry Bailey illustrates the Monk’s appearance as one of a master opposed to one of a poor monk. However, the host then addresses the subject of the Monk’s nonexistent sex life due to religious requirements. The host goes on stating that manly men such as the Monk should be allowed to procreate for the purposes of being better at sex than laymen and producing many strong and worthy offspring.

Marijuana is the third most popular recreational drug in America following alcohol and tobacco. It is most commonly smoked out of a pipe, or rolled like a cigarette. The active ingredient in marijuana that causes the “high” followed by smoking it is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol or THC for short. This is the most common perception of individuals who encounter the drug but what is failed to be considered