Essays Tagged: "Skid Row"

An essay(with outline)on the novel by Caroline Knapp titled Drinking: A Love Story

feel1. Social reasons2. Avoidance of self-awareness3. Physical SymptomsII. What is an alcoholic?A. "Skid row bum"B. "High functioning alcoholic"III. Is heredity a factor?A. Her fatherB. Other families ... look the flaws." (Knapp 10)What is an alcoholic? Ms. Knapp described the stereotypical image of the skid rowbum, dirty and begging for money. However, in the author's case, she described herselfas the ...

(7 pages) 100 0 5.0 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Pipe Dreams: The Lifeblood of Ruin and Despair in "The Iceman Cometh".

"The Iceman Cometh" by Eugene O'Neill centers on drunks in a skid row bar in 1912. The bar dwellers spend their time drinking rotgut whiskey and reminiscing abou ...

(5 pages) 23 0 0.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

This is my Junior Research Paper- 8 Pages with accurate documentation the title is ALCOHOLISM

ctable course with symptoms (“Straight Talk” N. pag.). A ‘typical’ alcoholic is depicted as a ‘skid row drunk’ , a ‘homeless tattered shadow’ on the freeway on ramp or begging for coins on the ...

(8 pages) 90 0 5.0 Jun/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Alcoholism

ctable course with symptoms (Straight Talk). A ‘typical’ alcoholic is depicted as a “skid row drunk” , a “homeless tattered shadow” on the freeway on ramp or begging for ...

(8 pages) 31 0 0.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Los Angeles Catholic Worker and how it contributes to the Works of Mercy, the Works of Peace and the Spiritual Works of Mercy by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin

d at the corner of 6th Street and Gladys Avenue in the central city ghetto of Los Angeles, known as Skid Row. The House of Hospitality is about a fifteen-minute drive north of the Hippie Kitchen, on B ... hrist’s work on Earth. The first location, the Hippie Kitchen serves a hot meal to the poor in Skid Row on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. In addition to the soup kitchen, the LACW has a food ...

(9 pages) 1777 0 0.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Homelessness in Los Angeles

this particular news article is that the county of Los Angeles wants to clean the streets known as "Skid Row". People are concerned with what will happen to the homeless population in the area.One doe ... e collection of data such as the estimated 3,400 homeless people who sleep in the 50-block area of "Skid Row" on a typical night. "The county's Department of Health Services aims to have 10,000 new un ...

(5 pages) 4 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues