An Ounce of Cure

In Alice Munro's "An Ounce of Cure" she is endangered by her innocence. Her innocence is disastrous because she knows nothing about alcohol. In her life, she had never seen anyone besides her father drink, ... idea that most people dilute their drinks, she only knew the glass needed to be full. Her ignorance told her to fill the glass with the three different types of liquor. Her innocence/ignorance led to her downfall. Her entire explanation in getting drunk does not lie in only her ignorance it is in her inability to deal ... with her relationship in any other way. She drank because she bel...

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An ounce of cure is equivalent to two glasses of liquor. Or at least, this is what the author, Alice Munro, is trying to tell us. She drops many hints during the course of the story that suggest that alcohol solves all your problems. Liquor is tempting when one needs to forget ... her problem. The author is obviously attempting to point out the fact that becoming drunk will gain you friends. Drinking also summons a sort of unwanted "courage". The narrator spoke uncontrollably to her mother about everything that had happened, including the incident involving the aspirin and about Martin ... a...

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... are set in southwestern Ontario. A constant theme Munro focuses on in many of her works of fiction is female protagonists that have problems they must deal with as they are struggling with life discoveries. In reading several of Munro's works that theme of discovery becomes clear as the plot of those stories develops. In An Ounce of Cure the story begins discussing a young girl. As the story continues to ... develop we see the young girl discover love in the form of a boy named Martin Collingwood. Unfortunately for the young girl Martin soon ... been brought about by these discoveries...

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... national competitions by the age of 10, had fallen to the disease of anorexia nervosa. At this time Marisa heard the words Treatment of Eating 4 of her coach, " If you were a little lighter Marisa, maybe you will make something of your self" (2). Marisa's parents had no idea of this illness that had destroyed their daughter until her 80 pound, two ounce body had collapsed just minutes ... anorexia or bulimia is a family doctor or pediatrician. After initial assessment, the person may be referred to a specialist in eating disorders or an eating disorder clinic (Waxler, 3). Initially, vic...

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... This is put into perspective when considering $150 billion is approximately 9% of the entire Canadian GPD in 2012 (statcan.gc.ca, 2013), a number that could cure world hunger five times over. $150 billion dollars could provide an endless amount of options for medical aid, repair of roads and highways, maintenance of provincial and national parks, funding options for low income households, national defense, ... policies surrounding the sale and usage of the drug. For example, in Washington State, the legal age to purchase and use marijuana is 21, and it is only permitted to possess one o...

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... these contingencies can humanity be accomplished. Bugental (1978) defines identity as a process, not a fixidity, and when one realises this one is faced with the nothingness of being. This nothingness, the non-existence of an essence of being, is the primary source of freedom that one must face in each nd every moment. Kierkegaard (1944) theorises that such freedom brings about existential anxiety through the contemplation ... ) define this anxiety as pertaining to the t eat to one's very existence or to values that are identified with existence. Thus there is no "cure" for such angst, it...

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... 's other short story "Prue," she created a female character Prue, who was much like the younger female character in "An Ounce of Cure." Both the characters O"Dowd 3 were women, who seem to be victims of neglect due to lack of love. Although one was older than the other, many of the same emotions affected both. For example, Prue (the character in the second story) had almost the same ... values and loyalties. Such as in "Prue," she had loyalties to her family; yet still gave her love to Gordon, which caused her to be in constant turmoil. In "An Ounce of Cure," the young woman was in recur...

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... person's journey offers its own unique teachings, with often hard to learn material. However, it is through these trails that people grow, mature, and reshape, once cemented, point of views. Alice Munro's "An Ounce of Cure" illustrates that while life is forging wisdom it is not necessarily the easiest thing to accept, but through time, and the perspective altering ability it has, what at what ... point seems to be endless despair becomes another lesson learned. The Narrator in "An Ounce of Cure" takes the reader on a peregrination into severe, youthful heartache, and the drunkenness tha...

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... back all the way to about 4000 B.C. where the Chinese first discovered its medicinal uses. In a pharmacy book written by the emperor Shen-Nung about 2657 B.C., he recommends marijuana as a cure for "gout, rheumatism, malaria, beriberi, constipation, and absent mindedness (Stwerka 5)." By the second century A.D., the plant was being used for anesthetics during surgical operations involving stomach and intestines, for which ... was ineffective. During this time period, Germans used the plant to treat convulsions and ease childbirth; Poland, Russia, and Lithuania threw seeds on hot coals a...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate