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…continually binge and purge, starve and isolate themselves, and become depressed or angry. We incessantly turn a blind eye to the superfluous suffering of our brothers and sisters, and even condone the labeling of Victor’s benevolent ‘child’ as ‘monster’. Had…

…towards his sexuality. This uncertainty shows that Jack is obviously unsure about himself. It may just be that all of Kerouac’s running and bingeing throughout the country was actually an expedition to find himself. All his life he may not have been…

…in 1996. Sorrenti's style of photography was unique. He glorified the models through making them appear as if they were on a two-week drug binge. They were underweight, their eyes appeared to be deep set, and their facial characteristics were extremely…

…. A reputation for violence is the dealer's best guarantee that his business transactions will be accomplished as agreed upon. Once the reputation for violence is established, it is not as necessary to continue violent acts to protect transactions." (Bing, Lionel…

…by the dealer Siegfried Bing in Paris in 1896. In the face of increasing mass-production, and the shoddiness of design and workmanship that inevitably ensued, the Arts and Crafts Movement sought to revive good design and honest handcraftsmanship. Taking up…

…the aspect of blindness in the novel. He pinpoints the fact that society lives life from day to day to avoid looking towards the future. The concept of blindness is evident in the overall drunkenness of society. Daisy binges on alcohol the night before marrying…

…the old man and his oneness with the land and begins to ponder on his thoughts. Nevertheless, the narrator continues on with his drinking binges and his destructive behavior. Yet this time around, the narrator is becoming more aware of the dangers of his…

…caught in “a ten year binge during which everybody got rich and danced the Charleston in speakeasies while drinking bootleg hooch” (x). This so-called “American Dream” of wealth and happiness was not shared by all in the 1920’s. Many upper-class whites…

…damaged by the failures of high level diplomats and the lack of a clear plan for dealing with the problems these countries have. If the careless Ambassador Sears and his counterpart and ultimate successor in Sarkhan, Joe Bing, creates enemies rather than…

…and aged him prematurely. His Buddhism failed him, or he failed it. He could not resist a drinking binge, and his friends began viewing him as needy and unstable. He published many books during these years, but most had been written earlier, during…