Love Medicine
Since the beginning of colonization of America, there has been the problem of
dealing with the indigenous people of the land. After the first attempts in
eradicating the population, the American government changed its policy to
integration. It is this integration into white society and the severance from the
Indian culture that causes disenfranchisement in the modern Indian reservation.
In Louise Erdrich’s Love Medicine, the contradictory efforts to isolate the Native
Americans on reservations and to make “regular” Americans of them are seen
over roughly a fifty-year period. The Morrisseys, Kashpaws, Lamartines,
Lazarres and others must define their relations to alien religions, customs,
economic realities, and family and social structures. And over this struggle
hangs a veil of alcoholism and despair.
June Kashpaw was taken in by Marie Kashpaw and her family as a young
girl and later moved with Nectar Kashpaw’s brother, Eli. Though Native
American definitions of family include various ties of friendship, including
spiritual kinship and clan membership, June is treated as an inferior because
she is not a member of a nuclear family, which is strictly a Western European
institution. As a result, June leads an unhappy life of promiscuity while looking
for a home and a sense of belonging. On the Christian holiday of Easter, June
finds her “home” by dying in the snow. However, it is interesting to question
whether June’s home is in the Chri...
...an that everyone from this culture could actually experience love, peace, and community for three days. Despite the rain, lack of toiletries and toilets, and lack of food most of the youth at the festival stayed throughout the whole thing.
When you think of home, most of the time thoughts of love, warmth and family come to mind. Although a drab exterior , it is no difference for the thousands of people who reside in the Robert Taylor Homes on the Southside
The family in this story has moved around a lot throughout the protagonist's life. They desire to own a house of their own someday, and the protagonist's parents have always dreamed about how it would look, and what amenities it would have. She remembers how “[t]hey always told us that one day we would move into a house, a real house that would be ours for always so we wouldn't have to move each year. […] And we'd have a basement and at least three washrooms so when we took a bath we wouldn't have to tell everybody. Our house would be white with trees around it, a great big yard and grass growing without a fence” (Cisneros 151). My family too, has moved around quite a bit. Her parent's dreams for the house they want to provide for their family remind me...
Skrzynecki’s poem, 10 Mary Street provides the reader with insight into the concept of familial bonds and our instinctive choice to belong to a home. As such, what is presented is the idea of belonging to a house and the house belonging to a person. As well, the poem shows the narrator’s sense of belonging to a family and the experiences of identity both cultural and religious, which impacts their individual sense of belonging. As well, Skrynecki shows belonging to a culture and heritage through a given space. That is, the house is not only their connection to their past life in Europe but also, the central space of belonging in an Australian neighborhood community, suburb and school. Through the Pronoun; ‘We’; the persona and his family suggest an intimate relationship and bond through experience and hence the sense of belonging to a family. For example, ‘We departed’, ‘We lived together’, and ‘We became citizens.’ What is more, through the use of symbolism such as; ‘still too-narrow bridge’ ‘the factory that was always burning down’ ‘Inheritors of a key that’ll open no house’ the reader views the personas experiences of belonging and depicting the exclusivity of his belonging. The narrow bridge shows his re...
sense of hope and destiny and a glimpse of heaven on earth. The choice of
sense of place and belonging. This shows to those who still may be ignorant, that the
There are many options for substance addiction treatment and utilizing medication as a means of eliminating substance use is one that has been called a double edge sword. There are two schools of thought with medically assisted treatment. First, let 's define medication assisted treatment (MAT): “it is the use of pharmacological medications, in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies, to provide a “whole patient” approach to the treatment of substance use disorders. Research indicates that a combination of medication and behavioral therapies can successfully treat substance use disorders, and for some people struggling with addiction, MAT can help sustain recovery” (Watkins, 2016). One side of this treatment option is that it provides that extra little nudge to start recovery with less or more withdrawal symptoms. For example, disulfiram is an alcohol aversion agent, that when taken with alcohol the person becomes very ill (Watkins, 2016). There are also other medications that help with reducing symptoms of withdrawal, such as methadone.
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our house some rest. Mostly young - raped and slaughtered - their blood drained - just
Holistic Medicine, commonly referred to as “Alternative Medicine”, is a vast and rapidly growing new scientific field. It is derived mainly from ancient, traditional methods of healing that have often been practiced in the East for centuries. These include a variety of techniques from herbal healing to acupuncture to homeopathy to energy channeling. Due to the large number of methods that are covered by the term, there are various definitions of Holistic Medicine. However, all literature seems to agree that Alternative Medicine, is exactly what the name suggests: an ‘alternative’ approach to healing and medicine. It is a more personal move toward health care, which attempts to connect the mind, body and spirit.
My topic is about how holistic medicine is used. I became interested in this topic because all I knew about medicine was the modern western practices. As an occupation when I am older I would like to go into the medical field. This influenced me to want learn about what other medical treatments were used and then I learn what holistic medicine is. All I know about holistic medicine is that it is an alternative form of healing and incorporates the entire person. Also, I know that there are many different natural treatments that are incorporated into holistic remedies including acupuncture. Through my research I am planning on discovering what holistic medicine is, what holistic practitioners believe, what different treatments there are, what one must to do become a holistic specialist, and what the different factors that are included in holistic medicine.
she is considered a second class citizen simply because of her sex. Further into the
A house is simply a structure where one lives, sleeps and eats. A home is a structure accumulated with love, memories, and lessons learned. “Homes have stopped being homes. Now they are real estate.” (Quindlen) These structures are no longer viewed as places of experience and reminiscence, they are given a literal and unemotional purpose. Perhaps the reason as to why nearly one million people are homeless is because they are no longer provided with the pure substance of what a home represents. A home is “everything” , one cannot be a fulfilled individual without one for it offers a sense of self, demonstrates a loving relationship and provides an unfailing feeling of entitlement.
My dwelling is not much, but it suits my needs, and out there I don’t need much. All I have is a chair to read in, a toilet under the tree outside, and a bed. I only have the necessities that I need to live. I build a fire every night for warmth and to cook my food. My house is just a cabin that can only fit me and my dog skip just the way that I want it. Flowers that make it look pretty and interesting surround my cabin. It’s something that’s cozy and something that I can just go to and think and be by myself and never have to worry about anybody or anything but my pets and myself.
When I was a child I used to be frightened of entering such a place for it seemed so imposing and somewhat dangerous, especially when music was being played. One day, in order to keep a promise I had made, I saw myself forced to enter. It took me quite a while to get the courage to pass through the old oak door, but the moment I stepped in, I realized just how enchanting and breathtaking this building could be. Its fantastic architecture and exquisite frescoes reflect perfectly the unity between this earth and the unseen kingdom of angels in such a manner that one cannot say where one ends and the other begins. The way in which the church was built is also the vivid testimony of a medieval period. Although it is a place that can sometimes be cold and ask for respect it is where prayers are answered and magic is done. An overwhelming feeling of inner harmony takes over you once you enter and God seems much closer. Darkness and light are welded perfectly together creating Redemption’s house. The tower allows you to see the entire town from the smallest river to the biggest building site, offering you its mightiness.