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Victor's Family Drinking Habits

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Twenty-one years old my middle brother began to drink constantly on a regular basis. Problems back home had influenced him in drinking, but also the people he correlated himself with back then. He took quite some time to overcome his addiction, but during his intoxicated moments he resembled that of Victor’s family. One night during my brother’s intoxication my brother had come down to our house to get away. When my brother rang the doorbell, I quickly rushed towards the door, opening it to find my brother’s eyes bloodshot red. Walking in face forwards he slowly took what felt like one hundred paces to our red couch, which already contained a few broken springs on the left cushion. Once reaching the target he plopped down like a heavy book …show more content…

Whenever Victor’s family is drinking, it appears they are trying to escape the harsh realities of their past or current issues. Ironically in escaping their issues, they caused other altercations to uprise. The impression derived from four of the stories I read, “Every little hurricane”, “Because my Father Always Said He was the Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play “the Star-Spangled Banner” at Woodstock”, “Somebody Kept Saying Powwow, and “Indian Education”. In each of these stories you’ll see some of Victor’s family members drinking themselves …show more content…

They sat in separate, dark places in our HUD house and wept savagely (174)”. This statement is another example of how Victor’s family is using alcohol to escape each other, but as they are doing so, they are causing more issues than they are solving them. These drinking episodes that the family has are not healthy at all. The drinking that Victor’s family does also doesn’t just have a lasting effect on them but also on Victor himself. Victor as he grows becomes more prone to drinking alcohol like his

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