Theme Of Alcoholism

This book is mostly about a war that is occurring at the time and friends who apart from that are going through their own problems. There is several themes I found in this book. Alcohol use, fake friendships, false communication and etc. These themes relate to real life events that at least one of use go through. I searched up many current events that relate to the themes of this novel and I found many articles. I chose one specifically because I felt it was relatable to teens, which is basically who I associate with and hang around.

The article I chose has to do with alcohol it’s called “The aging of ‘Overage’ drinking”. It talks about the consequences of excessive drinking, medical problems and why people do it. Drinking can cause heart problems, changes in physical appearance and affects the way they act. Although, drinking can be used safely in a get together and have one or two drinks, some people can’t control themselves and start being

violent. Sometimes everything gets out of hand and the people around them are in danger. Not only are adults like this but also teens because of peer pressure or situations in their like that have occurred. People come to the conclusion of drinking to get over a loss of someone important, problems in their life and just the simple fact to escape the reality of the life their living.

The book “The sun also rises” is mostly about a boy named Jake who the main character is telling the story from his point of view.

This is around 1924 where at the moment there is a war passing by. Jake falls in love with Lady Brett Ashley but can’t keep a relationship with her because of the war. Brett is always having love affairs with other guys. Meanwhile he has moved to Pamplona and Spain and originally lived in Paris, France. He meets Cohn, Mike and Pedro whom they became close friends but Cohn ends up having an affair With Brett and they end up no longer being friends. Mike drinks all the times and gets drunk, basically doing nothing with his life. He is always drunk even for days and that claims to be a big accomplishment for him. But he’s not the only one that drinks, they all drink consistently and sometimes take it to another level. They drink almost every day like as if that’s their job. Fast forwarding, Brett reaches out to Jake to rescue her from Madrid, Spain because she forced Pedro to leave

her.

The theme I chose was Alcoholism. In “The aging of ‘Overage’ drinking” it says, “The reasons for excessive drinking among older men and women, whose lives often change dramatically, can be fairly unique” (Leonard). In the book “The sun also rises” the characters drink to escape the reality their living. Since there is war passing by at the moment in the book, Jake being cheated by his girlfriend with one of his friends and also them having to move two through three times drinking became their job. Since this action can conclude to it being an addiction, Mike is an example of one. He drinks all the time and stays drunk for as many days as he can. The others may be able to control to have a good time but at the rate they’re going their going to end up as alcoholics. Even to grief a difficult time in their life, it turns to violence and others to be in danger around you.