Augusten Burroughs

23, 2011 Period 5 AP Psychology Book Review Running With Scissors: A Memoir Hello, as you probably know each quarter I am required to read a book for the course AP Psychology. For this quarter, I chose the book Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs. The publisher of the book is St. Martin’s Press in the United States and it was published in the year of 2002. The author of the book is also the subject of the book due to it being a memoir. He is qualified to write this book because he is

considered one of the most common substance abuse worldwide. In Dry: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs, he describes his previous experience on heavy alcohol abuse and how alcoholism forces him to change his daily life. In the first chapter, Augusten introduces himself as an advertiser in an advertising company in New York with some info about his personal background and the first drinking

face their own battles which can reflect upon their exterior, ultimately having a critical effect on a child’s development. For example, in “Running with Scissors” by Augusten Burroughs, the main character Augusten lives with his mother who suffers from a mental disorder who guides him into a pathway of chaos and disorder. Augusten learns to cope with no guidance, but still faces many issues that could have been resolved with a reassuring adult figure. Situations that affect adults can range from

Comparing Two Compelling Memoirists A strong and influential memoirist is able to grasp the reader’s attention and dive into topics bigger than themselves. Maya Angelou, the author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, describes herself as neither a hero nor a victim as she recollects her past. Growing up, Maya Angelou not only suffered from white prejudice and gender inequality, she was presented with situations that made her feel powerless. According to Angelou, “The Black female is assaulted in

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Revolutionary inventions had an impact on the world we know today, but mankind would be nowhere near where it is today without the small things. William Seward Burroughs was an American inventor born on January 28, 1855, in Auburn, New York. He is known as the inventor of the first adding machine and a pioneer in the machine’s manufacture. He had a brief education and began supporting himself at fifteen years of

Beating On Against the Current “Each of us inevitable Each of us limitless – each of us with his or her right upon the earth, Each of us allowed the eternal purports of the earth, Each of us here as divinely as any is here” (Whitman 27). From out of the jazz soaked streets of New York City, arose a group of young poets and writers overwrought with the opportunity of their lives, and endeavored to capture its girth through the honesty and vulnerability of their words. These young bohemians

changed the nature of American literature. They offered a method of escape from the unimaginative world we live in. There are many different writers who's work contributed to the literature of the beat movement; however; Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs and Allen Ginsburg were the most

Brion Gysin created two techniques with language, the cut up method and permutation. The cut up method involves cutting up a page into four sections, rearrange said sections and then read the product. The rearrangement of the sections in opposing places extracts new meaning to the text, an outlook that could not be generated from a logical standpoint. A new found sense of surrealism is discovered in something already familiar to us. Surrealist artists of the era were advocating for an art of the

quote, from Jack Kerouac’s book On the Road, is a brilliant example of the overall feel of the Beat Generation. Jack Kerouac is one of the most influential writers of the Beat Generation, rivaled only by the likes of Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burrough. But what exactly is the Beat Generation? What does it mean? Who of note was involved? When did it take place? The “Beat Generation” is a play on words, implying that the participants