Longing for something, not being able to control yourself around something, a deep desire for something no matter if it is good or bad. This is addiction. Addiction has very bad connotations often leading to problems. Addiction is present in many people's lives people can be addicted to drugs, alcohol, and even perfection all of which can lead to a person's downfall. Addiction is something that plays a pivotal role in many people's lives through themselves, friends or family. The novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde illustrates how the stages of addiction work and can be related to present day life. In my own life addiction has had a major influence "You are only pretty when you are thin" my grandma would tell this to my cousin
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In the beginning it shows how Jekyll was first starting to use the drug because he likes the way it makes him feel "There was something strange in my sensations, something indescribably new, and, from its very novelty, incredibly sweet. I felt younger, lighter, happier in body; within I was conscious of heady recklessness, a current of disordered sensual images running like a mill race in my fancy"(44). Jekyll loves how this drug makes him feel and he does not see any problem with it, he knows how to stop the effects and how to start them so he continues to use them as he pleases. As the course of the novel progresses, it is shown how Jekyll goes from having control to having lost all control and being forced to succumb to his decisions "All things therefore seemed to point to this: that I was slowly losing hold of my original and better self, and becoming slowly incorporated with my second and worse. Between these two I now felt I had to chose. My two natures had memory in common, but all other facilities were most unequally shared between them"(48). This quote discusses how in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Jekyll has lost all control of his transformation because he is forced to yield to his verdict and live a life of unknowing where he has completely lost control of his mind. This relates to
In the beginning it shows how Jekyll was first starting to use the drug because he likes the way it makes him feel "There was something strange in my sensations, something indescribably new, and, from its very novelty, incredibly sweet. I felt younger, lighter, happier in body; within I was conscious of heady recklessness, a current of disordered sensual images running like a mill race in my fancy"(44). Jekyll loves how this drug makes him feel and he does not see any problem with it, he knows how to stop the effects and how to start them so he continues to use them as he pleases. As the course of the novel progresses, it is shown how Jekyll goes from having control to having lost all control and being forced to succumb to his decisions "All things therefore seemed to point to this: that I was slowly losing hold of my original and better self, and becoming slowly incorporated with my second and worse. Between these two I now felt I had to chose. My two natures had memory in common, but all other facilities were most unequally shared between them"(48). This quote discusses how in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Jekyll has lost all control of his transformation because he is forced to yield to his verdict and live a life of unknowing where he has completely lost control of his mind. This relates to