Tweak by Nic Sheff Twisted Journey of an Addict Tweak is a tale of addiction describing the experiences of Nic Sheff‚ who was for many years addicted to various drugs. Meth and heroin to begin with‚ later coke and mixing different drugs (Tweak). This book was actually written in response to a book by David Sheff called Beautiful Boy. It was about the experience of dealing with his son’s addictions and their consequences for his family. Nic Sheff was 18 and collage bound when he discovered
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Lindsay Chandler Kines 445- Section 2 Tweak Book Review Numerous emotions were evoked as I was reading Tweak by Nic Sheff. The main emotion I felt was sadness. My best friend Jack from high school went down a path that reminded me eerily of Nic’s path. We met during sophomore year of high school in Chemistry class. He was a super quiet‚ clean-cut kid. His parents were both doctors‚ and he lived in an old mansion in the countryside. This sort of parallels Nic’s privileged life‚ as he starts the novel
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Page 1 A book that I would not have normally picked up‚ Beautiful Boy‚ by David Sheff‚ has recently broadened my horizons. This book is about a father’s journey throughout his son’s drug addiction and alcoholism‚ yet so much more. While reading this book‚ I pondered my own life‚ my own path. This book is an insight to the emotional trauma inflicted on family members of an addict. I have no personal experience with drugs or alcohol‚ only stories and scenes from movies‚ but I have been taught
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Beautiful boy is by David Sheff is about his son Nic’s transformation from a sweet‚ intelligent‚ and outgoing child into a lying‚ cheating‚ stealing drug addict. Sheff’s life starts where a father should at the beggining of Nic’s birth. He detailed the many adventures that him and nick had before his painful divorce from Nic’s mother‚ that moved from San Fransisco to Los Angeles. Due to the divorce Nic was up for a custody arrangement that pulled him between the two places on a daily basis. The story
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Reading two different accounts of the story of a drug addict allows much room for comparison between the two. In the case of David and Nic Sheff’s books‚ I was surprised at how much similarity there was between the two; they agreed on most points and there was no striking discontinuity in their stories. There is‚ however‚ a significant difference in the perspectives from which the two are told. Naturally‚ Nic‚ as the addict son‚ takes on a more self-centered view. In David’s book it is clear that
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September 22‚ 2008 Tweak (Growing up on Methamphetamines) Nic Sheff D. Williams In Nic Sheff’s appalling memoir‚ "Tweak"‚ he takes you through his many attempts at recovery‚ and the mental and physical hardships he endured. The first time he got drunk was at age 11‚ and in the years that followed his life swirled out of control as his addiction to methamphetamines (along with cocaine and heroin) became more demanding. What I thought really differentiated his memoir from others about addiction
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Love is the conqueror of the strong and the weak‚ though it is foolish and evil at its core. Sophocles proves that love is the one destructive power in the universe through his third ode in “Antigone.” Its powerful message foreshadows the death of Antigone and her lover‚ Haemon‚ through its crisp imagery and perfect diction. The chorus passionately sings the evils of love while closely examining the situation of the Lovers’ potential ends. Force emanates from each word that Sophocles conducts‚ forcing
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Virshaun Grant Into to Literature May 8th 2012 Iago the Antagonist Usually in any story or a lot of stories there is an antagonist who plays an important role that may sometimes be mischievous or compelling to act against another character or characters. In the play “Othello”‚ Iago ends up being a very witty antagonist who entraps many characters into his games of winning the love of Desdemona. He works against Othello by attempting to destroy him mentally‚ since Othello isn’t that
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In William Shakespeare’s play "Othello"‚ we learn about the dramatic contribution of the antagonistic character Iago‚ who through his manipulative and hypocritical qualities satisfied his insatiable desire for revenge‚ and showed his constant deception of the entire cast. Iago is incredibly manipulative. He seems to be aware of how those around him will act and react to certain events. Iago is a smart man who knows that he has to plan ahead in order to get to where he wants to be. He is jealous of
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