Sir Winston Churchill was the prime minister of the United Kingdom for most of World War II. Under his leadership and with the help of the Allied Powers, he saved not only his own people from living under the Nazi regime, but likely the entirety of Europe and Asia. He went on to win a Nobel Prize in 1953 for the works of literature he created throughout his lifetime. In addition to being a talented artist, writer, and orator, Churchill is widely regarded as one of the greatest Prime Ministers to ever hold office and one of the most influential people in the history of Great Britain. He is featured in an episode of Drunk History, “The Roosevelts”. Drunk History is a Comedy Central show in which the host, Derek Waters, shares a few alcoholic …show more content…
One claim made by Drunk History is that Churchill requested a tumbler of sherry in the morning, scotch and soda before lunch, and 90 year old brandy and French champagne before bed. However, this is evidenced to be true by an account by Cita Stelzer in her book entitled “Dinner with Churchill: Policy-Making at the Dinner Table” (Stelzer). Another claim by Drunk History is that Churchill brought war maps with him to the White House to make battle plans. According to the Smithsonian website, this is true. Churchill used the First Lady’s conference room, the Monroe room, to display several large war maps. (Trickey). Drunk History is also accurate in its assessment of the First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, being concerned about the Prime Minister and the President’s late night sessions. Several sources indicate that the First Lady was concerned for the health of the president and did not approve of the late night talks, which would often run until 2 or 3 in the morning. “It was astonishing to me that anyone could smoke so much and drink so much and keep perfectly well,” the First Lady wrote later on. (Trickey). The portrayal of Churchill’s address to congress and its response in Drunk History is proven to be accurate by the actual transcript and footage of the event. A final detail mentioned in Drunk History is that after Churchill returned to London he received a telegram from FDR, in which Roosevelt wrote that “I am so happy to be living in the same decade as you”. While other sources indicate that the exact quote was “It is fun to be in the same decade as you”, the telegram did in fact exist
Alcoholism. A disease that not only affects one person, but others around them. Alcoholism is defined as a chronic disorder characterized on the dependence of alcohol all the time. In The Glass Castle, alcoholism affects many characters, but the one it truly affects is Rex Walls.
Drinking: A love story by Caroline Knapp is a memoir of Knapp’s love story with alcohol. The novel is in told is Knapp’s point of view in which she tells the story of her downward spiral of her addictive nature. She describes how the effect alcohol had on her emotions, relationship, and thoughts. The beginning of the book explains how she became an alcoholic which further progresses to how she knew she had a problem. She was first introduced to alcohol by her father, whom she has a good relationship with as he seemed to worry about her feelings because he had related to them.
Using beverages , he took the reader on a journey that shows how this interweaves with history.Standage is a delightful writer, mixing his light hearted style with exceptional historical savvy not just on the topic of drinks, but throughout.
We have all wanted to get revenge on someone. Revenge is a very common feeling. It originates with hate or jealousy. Revenge can make our lives miserable and make us do things that hurt other people. We shouldn’t try to get revenge on anyone. If someone did something bad to us, we should think more deeply about that situation before taking any action that could cause some legal problems. Some people can get the point of killing just to get their revenge and some people leave this decision due to some circumstances, just like in the story we just read, “He Becomes Deeply and Famously Drunk” by Brady Udall. This story deals with the concept of revenge. Archie, is a handsome, loud and blunt seventeen-year-old who has spent much of his recent life
He showed real beneficial points of production which I agreed how production could change the population especially changing the variety of working, but I criticized on the disadvantages of mass production he mentioned. This is because one company could offer more money to their people which having money is the aim of most of us, so when a place offer money, it has more beneficial rather than disadvantages. However, Churchill described the main differences of WWI and previous wars which were significant points because it is true that a lot of damages were caused in WWI that destroyed most people’s lives, and the cause of the wars is not indicated in any places. Also, it told the way of how Generals and armies are not heroes which I precisely disagree his point because people fight for their families and protect them from enemies. That’s why they need to fight and are seen as heroes but not heroes of their country, heroes of their family. In addition, he also described future wars which WWI had recently ended in his time, but he predicted to have another war which will be much cruel. It was true because WWII happened and caused more damages to the world; many women and children died with it. This was an extraordinary prediction because how someone can predict the future and become reality? However, as he mentioned peace was in people’s heart and was more important than having wars as
In The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls, Rex Walls is highly dependent on alcohol, which significantly hurts Jeanette and her siblings and drives the family apart. The Walls children and countless others like them across the United States have become victims of alcoholism, which is a factor that they cannot control, but debilitates them socially, physically, financially, and emotionally. Rex Wall’s alcoholism causes him to frequently neglect his children and ignore their needs, which often endangers them. Furthermore, Rex’s alcohol addiction affects his behavior causing him to use profanity and act in an angry and even violent manner, negatively impacting the family as a whole. Many readers of
Alcoholic beverages make their appearance in many places other than the local bar or liquor store. These drinks have been known to be consumed at social
Most people point to wars, Presidents or the economy when asked to describe the history of the United States, but what about alcohol. Social history in general has always taken a back seat to political and economic history, mostly because many aspects of social history are not exactly bright spots from the past. Alcohol, for example, is actually a much bigger aspect of our history than one may expect. As a matter of fact, early America was centered around drinking as a kind of social event. William Rorabaugh’s book Alcoholic Republic outlines how prevalent drinking really was during the years after the Revolutionary War. Rorabaugh argues that post-colonial Americans should be considered alcoholics. However, the evidence Rorabaugh uses
Within the memoir, The Glass Castle, the self destructing addiction of alcohol becomes an apparent theme throughout the literature. Alcoholism is a disease that can cause destruction to families and even ruin lives. This is a common occurrence that effect’s many Americans today. Alcoholism is one of the most common problems in families, it doesn’t always interfere with just the person drinking the alcohol. It also affects the people around the influenced person. Rex’s struggle with alcohol is logged through his daughter Jeannettes struggles as she is finding the balance between respecting daughter and a strong individual. It is through her accounts that the reader is able to see the truly damaging effects of this disease.
Winston Churchill is a great figure in British and world history. After winning the seat of Oldham in the 1900 general elections, he became associated with a faction of the conservative party then led by Lord Hugh Cecil. Churchill opposed government expenditures on the army. His own constituency disliked him, although he was the Member of Parliament until the next general election. After the recess of Whitsun in 1904 he crossed sides to the liberal party where he supported free trade.
Winston Churchill was a British prime minister from 1940-1945. Churchill was a statesman, orator, and author, most importantly he was a great leader. He is best remembered for successfully leading Britain through World War II. He held authentic, and inspiring speeches in attempt to keep his country’s spirits up. In which he succeeded.
In the short story, “The Chaser” by John Collier, a young man of the name Alan goes out to a strange old man to buy a love potion because he believes his girlfriend should only live for him. The love potion is said to transform her into an absolutely obsessed girlfriend after just one sip.
By examining Churchill’s use of rhetoric we can see what exactly made him such a great leader. His speeches were able to do more damage to the Nazis than any bomb could have done because his language rallied the people together. His use of repetition proved his points and reminded the country of what mattered most. His descriptive words helped build up anger against the Nazi rule and persuade everyone to pull through the tough times. He used pronouns in such a way that it would personalize everything and help unify his country. Through his unique use of words Churchill was able to convince many that if they could just endure that they would at last be victorious (Bungay).
I walked into the house where the "party of the century" was going to be held. I was psyched to be going. At the time I was a little naive freshman invited to my first official high school party at a senior’s house. I was at the party no more than 30 minutes when this boy offered me a drink. Thinking nothing of it, I agreed. He brought back a half-filled cup.
Winston Churchill was perhaps one of the greatest public speakers in history. Some of the best speeches have come from being in life or death situations, Winston was known best for this. His small sound clips like, “this was their finest hour”, and “this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning”, encourage his troops and his people that they will win this war and will overcome the greatest odds. Although Churchill told many speeches, his speech on June 18, 1940 showed the most emotion and courage of any other speech he told. In this speech he explained that the war in France is over and the war in Britain would begin. He said that if we fail then the world sink into an abyss. This emotion that he shows would give Britain hope, courage and most of all determination.