“It’s rumored,” Maimeó said nonchalantly “that the sídhe are from Tír na Óg, the Land of Eternal Happiness. In this wonderful world, there is no death or sickness. There is an abundance of all things pleasurable: food, drink, and music. When one lives in Tír na Óg, they do not age or lose their beauty.” This made no sense to Neil. “If some of these guys are weird and dangerous, how can it be called the Land of Eternal Happiness? Seems more like it would be a living nightmare to hang out with a bunch of freaky creatures.” “It might seem like that to people outside their world, but they don’t harm each other, so there’s no danger for them in Tír na Óg. There is a special portal there,” she continued, “where the sídhe can only pass from one world to the other on a few nights during the year. If they don’t return when the …show more content…
He was worried that Mac would die because he had not seen the woman. Rory recalled with dread, the nights when he crawled into bed with Neil, unable to relax because he believed the figure in the woods could fly like the witch in his book of faerie tales. Smiling, Maimeó tousled Rory’s unruly hair. “You shouldn’t worry, my child. Bean sídhe live in Ireland. Rarely are they anywhere else. I know some funny stories about bean sídhe who played practical jokes. “My own grandmother used to tell me one about my grandfather. It was well-known that he had a close relationship with the whiskey bottle, especially after a hard day’s work in the fields. When supper was eaten, he would take himself off to the local pub for a few rounds with friends. “An old woman in the village once told me that whiskey has a way of loosening the tongue and sending common sense to hide in the closet. When the first drop passes your lips, the clock seems to stop. The men in the village worked hard to prove her words true; so sure were they that they could solve the world’s problems by emptying a few
The first major obstacle faced in Channeary?s life was when the ruthless Khmer Rouge soldiers invaded their small fishing village. They had selected a few people from the village to come forcefully with them. ??You, as Angkar?s Ancient People you will fully co-operate in battle to rid our land of reactionary capitalist filth and their imperialist supporters!?(1) Knowing the Khmer Rouge, they probably were killed. Later, they cleaned their village in silence. After cleaning, the villagers gathered around the Buddha figure and prayed. At this time, Channeary would have felt very scared that the soldiers might take her away, there was a feeling of discomfort and uncertainty in the mind of Channeary at that point in time. From the fear of the Khmer Rouge invading the village again, some residences were forced to leave for bordering Thailand. ?We must leave tonight...possibly to Thailand? Channeary?s mother said.(2) Most fled only for the welfare of their children. Channeary would have experienced great sadness when leaving her home that was full of her childhood memories with her family.
I can still remember the day, June 2, 2013, my cousin took his own life due to alcohol. This is not the first time alcoholism has taken a family member from my family. I lost my uncle ten years ago to the same things, but running his truck into a tree. Like Scott Russell Sanders’ my family has suffered from the pain and disease that alcohol causes. Although Sanders’ case was much different than mine, my families is more unknown until all of a sudden one of my family members is gone. In Sanders’ essay, “Under the Influence: Paying the Price of my Father’s Booze,” he discusses how it was growing up around him, his father’s life being taken, and his life now.
The novel We Have Always Lived in The Castle by Shirley Jackson is a very unique book. This is due to the very strange behavioral patterns from the two sisters, Merricat and Constance, in the poem. But what is the most unusual about the two sisters is their definitions of happiness. To see Merricat’s definition of happiness is best seen when she refers to the “moon” and under the same weekly routine schedule she has always been under since she her family was murdered. Constance’s definition of happiness clearly displayed when Charles comes to the house and when she starts embracing Merricat’s “moon” fantasy world. By looking at the two girls’ definition of happiness we can see what the girls truly need and want in order to be happy.
Frances Willard’s top priority through her literary piece was to show the negative effects and degradation of the common man due to excessive use of alcohol. Frances Willard’s article on the temperance movement portrays the women’s part in pacifying man’s grasp on alcoholic beverages and the steps they had to take to make it h...
Yang makes her topic of the treacherous history of the Hmong people an appealing one with the story of her parents. She brings emotion into her writing that makes her readers feel as if they are there in the jungle, experiencing the fear and love these two lovers felt. Yang makes us aware of how hard it was for a young Hmong couple to survive in this trying time. Fate and destruction brought Yang’s parents together, and like other Hmong people, love kept them moving forward.
When one drinks alcohol it seems as if their problems just disappear but really they are just deceiving themself by believing that they are gone. The speaker in the poems says this is "because they grow cloudy behind the glass."
In the short story “An Ounce of Cure” by Alice Munro, the narrator’s parents frowned upon alcohol consumption so one would expect that the narrator would also frown upon alcohol consumption. It becomes evident that the narrator’s parents oppose alcohol when the narrator says, “My parents didn’t drink” (Munro 51). This quotation simply shows how the parents did not consume alcohol. The story g...
They considered drunkenness ‘degrading to free me’ and questioned the motives of those who would offer a substance that was so offensive to the senses and that made men foolish. Most Native people who did drink alcohol were reported to show ‘remarkable restraint while in their cups’. Most drank alcohol only during social or trading contact with whites. Although drinking patterns since colonization grew almost exponentially, since 1975, drinking patterns among Native Americans have remained constant.( Alcohol 3)
Even in the early times, alcohol was a key component in everyone’s lives. According to Tori Avey in “The Great Gatsby, Prohibition, and Fitzgerald” in colonial times people drank beverages containing alcohol at every meal. Weak beer and cider was the choice dinks in the 1700's (Avey). In the 1800's, farmers were able to cultivate more potent grains to make rum and whiskey (Avey). By 1830 men, 15 years and up, began drinking 88 bottles of whiskey per year; since then numbers have tripled (Avey). Men began losing their jobs, wasting paychecks, and neglecting their families. This called for a change.
A Brave New World is a thrilling combination of both malicious and brilliant morals and symbols. This “Brave New World” is a dystopian society set in 2540 A.D. or 632 A.F. (After Ford). It is a novel about how happiness cannot be artificially grown or taught, it is one’s own and is different for everyone. Bernard and Helmholtz are the only people in their dystopian society to really think for their selves. The most significant characters in the book are Bernard Marx, John the Savage, Lenina Crowne, Mustafa Mond, and Helmholtz Watson. The setting of this novel is primarily in London, England, but changes to New Mexico as well. Huxley’s Brave New World incorporates characteristics of his childhood, critical
The character Marlowe Marlowe is known for his constant need of liquor, especially scotch. Throughout the story, there are different times and places that the author, Chandler, makes sure that the reader acknowledges that Marlowe has a bottle at all times when in need of a shot. Frequent alcohol users use alcohol for various
For some people life may not be satisfactory. Life has many troubles including death, pain, and suffering. It leaves little hope. There are ways in which people can live to have a good life. This method of how a person should live is viewed differently thoughout the world. James Hilton represents this combination of ideas and cultures in the novel, Lost Horizon (1933). This novel tells the tale of four distinctively different people retreating from a war zone. In their retreat they are kidnapped and taken by plane deep into the Himalayan mountain wilderness. Little did they know that here in the confines of the mountains there is a paradise. This paradise is called Shangri-La and is a Tibetan Monastery and community in a place of splendid beauty. Surprisingly, the kidnapped group finds that they are considered guests in this elevated community. They are apprehensive of the cerebrated treatment that they receive, but soon accept and enjoy their "misfortune." Shangri-La is a paradise, but the guests become held prisoner to pleasure and happiness.
Also, the narrator states, “All the same, we cling to our last pleasures as the tree clings to its last leaves.” This proves that Mr. Woodifield had a bit of a dependence on an object and holds on to this pleasure secretly on the days that he goes to town. He smokes his cigars on Tuesdays when he is away from his family. Back in 1922 when Katherine Mansfield was writing her stories, it was common for people to smoke cigars. However, he only smokes these cigars on Tuesdays, which could indicate that he is trying to hide it from his family; perhaps he does this because of his previous addiction. Furthermore, the boss states, “‘That 's the medicine,’” showing that the boss may know about Mr. Woodifield’s past. He tells Mr. Woodifield that this alcohol is the medicine that heals all the pain. After the boss says this, Mr. Woodifield declares, “’D 'you know,’. . . ‘they won 't let me touch it at home.’ And he looked as though he was going to cry.” The family does not let him touch whiskey at home because he may have been an alcoholic after the death of his
The book is organized into four sections, two devoted to the mothers and two devoted to the daughters, with the exception of June. The first section, logically, is about the mothers' childhoods in China, the period of time during which their personalities were molded, giving the reader a better sense of their "true" selves, since later in the book the daughters view their mothers in a different and unflattering light. Tan does this so the reader can see the stories behind both sides and so as not to judge either side unfairly. This section, titled Feathers From a Thousand Li Away, is aptly named, since it describes the heritage of the mothers in China, a legacy that they wished to bestow on their daughters, as the little story in the beginning signifies. For many years, the mothers did not tell their daughters their stories until they were sure that their wayward offspring would listen, and by then, it is almost too late to make them understand their heritage that their mothers left behind, long ago, when they left China.
Happiness is a trait that has definitely lost its true meaning due to superficial, materialistic extravagances. Society today has created an image of what happiness entails, and now there are many different ways to try to achieve that image. However, the question then becomes: is happiness, as a result of things like sex, drugs, consumption, real happiness? Is it better to feel fake happiness than to experience the drudgeries that come with living a sober life? In the novel, Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, the whole society is built off of a precedent of fake happiness. The people take drugs to cover up their true feelings and individuality. Citizens are supposed to feel content with their lives and the society around them. In both the brave