Scar Tissue Book Report

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In his book Scar Tissue, Anthony Kiedis, the lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers wrote “heroin had this incredible quality of making all my ideas seem brilliant, and it dulled the mental hum of life, making it seem more manageable.” In the 1950s, when “The Euphio Question” (1951) was published, heroin and other less damaging illicit substances like marijuana were commonly used recreationally among various subcultures in cities. From 1951-1956, Congress passed legislation to not only make marijuana illegal, but heavily criminalized, with prison sentences for selling and distributing the substance increasing with each law passed. Meanwhile, opioids like heroin, opium and Morphine were abused by people and steadily imported by The French Connection and countries in Southeast Asia. …show more content…

This is the real-world equivalent to the effect the sounds from space have on citizens in “The Euphio Question.” With these drugs in circulation at this time, it is no stretch that Kurt Vonnegut, the writer of “The Euphio Question,” would write about a society that was consumed with mind-freezing drugs. It is also no accident that “The Euphio Question” was included in The Monkey House (1968), which was published around the same time as the mass distribution of vallum. Kurt Vonnegut’s short story “The Euphio Question” sheds light on the risk factors of drug abuse, as well as its physical, mental and social consequences. Born on November 11, 1922 in Indianapolis to Kurt Vonnegut Sr., a successful architect, and Edith Vonnegut, the daughter of a wealthy Indianapolis brewer, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. looked to have a prosperous

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