An ounce of cure is equivalent to two glasses of liquor. ... Liquor is tempting when one needs to forget about his or her "humiliatingly personal thoughts". ... She could not think properly after drinking two full glasses, and therefore could not have had those thoughts anymore. ... But since she was grounded, her love for Martin slowly faded; it was "a positive, a splendidly unexpected, result" of drinking that night. The narrator's mother felt guilty when her daughter drank the Berrymans" liquor. ...

• Word Count: 468
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School