The rest of the novel is segregated into chapters that follow a chronological order. ... This 'disease theory' of addiction further reinforced the movement towards prohibition, which angered the many people of China, as well as the Chinese-American immigrants. ... All of these points are later on refreshed in the conclusive section of the novel. ... Doug Wagner's book review of Narcotic Culture gave me another insight on how I viewed the novel. He uses the novel to compare our society with drugs today, to that of China back then. ...

• Word Count: 1062
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the case of many of these novels, the task of defining ethnic identity is not so complicated. ... The main character's family in this novel was Chinese and represented the first generation of immigrants for this family. ... In this novel, the main character spends much of his life on an Indian Reservation. ... They all seem to accept the fact that the entire Reservation suffers with alcoholism, which was a burdening theme of the entire novel. ... In the case of this novel, they may have been poorly defined as alcoholics, but the Reservation defined them, nonetheless. ...

• Word Count: 652
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Forged papers or documents being used by illegal immigrants or criminals trying to enter the country illegally or bring something into the country illegally such as drugs could be a big problem. ... The question arises when enough is enough and the omen and the long ago written dystopian novel "1984 " by Mr. ...

• Word Count: 2003
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate