Drug Addiction in Literature: William Burroughs and Jack Kerouac
[b]William Burrows "Drugs"
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On July 20, 2017, the famous former frontman of the band Linkin Park died. He committed suicide, and he is known to have used alcohol and drugs. Many famous people have died from drug addiction. But there are writers who have accepted and described their drug experiences. That's how a whole body of fiction emerged, steeped in the experience of highs and lumps.
[b] "Naked Lunch" (1959) [/b]
With this novel, you can start exploring the topic of drug addiction. This is an early work by the beat generation writer W. Burroughs. As the hipster himself admits, he has been addicted for fifteen years. William began writing at the insistence of Allen Ginsberg, who was stunned by Burroughs' letter-writing abilities. Under the pseudonym of William Lee, the novel was published in 1953.
Written in a realistic style, the work resembles a diary or a report from a drug addict's life, because it is so masterfully written that many aphorisms about drugs can be extracted from it. It also provides answers to many questions for a person who has never had such an experience before. How do they become drug addicts? How do drug addicts differ from planokurs? What types of drugs are there? Who are the dealers? What is the way to get rid of drug addiction? Are there any former drug addicts?
Other famous works include "Naked Lunch", which was banned in a number of countries due to the frequent use of profanity, frequent references to homosexuality and other obscenities. It is written and compiled using the method of additions from heterogeneous texts. The content of the work becomes clear if you see the words of the author.
[b]Jack Kerouac "Tristessa" (1960)
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A romantic novel by another Beatnik writer Jack Kerouac. Kerouac wrote it in Mexico City. This novel tells about Jack's beloved Tristessa, who lived poorly in Mexico City and was a morphine addict. Drug addiction is widespread in Tristessa's family. For them, injecting is a kindred everyday life. That's what El Indio does. Sometimes they were joined by Jack Kerouac, who injected himself even when intoxicated. There are also many Buddhist reflections of Kerouac in the work. He saw his life as suffering, and it became like this from poverty and drugs. But he's not looking for a solution to the problem, he's just taking it for granted. Because it cannot change these sufferings.
And when you hear from people that they have their own opinion, there is some guile in it. We are under pressure from the society in which we live with our own social norms and rules. A striking example is the imposition of a family lifestyle (up to the ideal of a woman, husband, child, and even mother-in-law). On the other hand, sex is overrated. And there are too many such prejudices. Therefore, it is better to read novels that are vivid examples of critical thinking about the so-called social "norms." برومو كود ل 1xbet
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