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In today’s society we are constantly reminded of the danger involved in drinking alcohol, while at the same time beer drinking among college students has become normal on most campuses. Given the advertising campaigns of modern beer producers and the attractive picture of drinking in college, drinking is almost expected of American students. ... The praise of beer as society’s drink of choice is not an occurrence of recent times. In the eighteenth century etchings entitled Gin Lane and Beer Street, English satirist William Hogarth attempted to show the virtue of drinking beer in comparison to the evils involved with gin. Hogarth created these etchings as companion pieces to show his views on alcohol at the time, which show misfortune and gin drinking in Gin Lane and happiness and prosperity in Beer Street.
Chaos and drinking can be found everywhere you look in the London streets of Gin Lane. ... In this man’s right hand is an empty gin cup and accompanying the cup is the bottle of gin in his left hand. Also, ironically the title of the ballad he is selling is called “The Downfall of Madam Gin”. After looking at this man, you can assume that he has suffered from drinking the gin from his basket. ... A reasonable conclusion would be that the baby will either be hurt or killed because its mother is under the influence of gin and not aware that her baby is in danger.
Approximate Word count = 1177
Approximate Pages = 4.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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