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Methland The Life and Death of an American SmallTown is an intriguing novel written by
Nick Reding about the effects of methamphetamines on the small towns of America Oelwein, Iowa during a four year period in
the mid 2000’s.
Reding
noticed an issue with methamphetamines in small towns during his travels as a
writer. Then when he returned to his home town of Greenville,Illinois he
saw that the drug had infiltrated the place he called home, he then knew this
was a subject that needed to be written about. Reding takes you into the lives
of local Oelwein doctor, Clay Hallberg, a user named Roland Jarvis, and the
county prosecutor Nathan Lein. He documents how meth has had negative effects
on such a diverse group of people and how the demise of the farming industry
played a part in the way methamphetamines have taken hold of this community and
the lives of the people within it. The author gives you the history of methamphetamines
and how it was used by governments and armies to help with moral during
difficult missions. He also touches on the medicinal uses for weight loss and
narcolepsy. This article has many true
points of how methamphetamines have destroyed the small towns of America Middle America .
This
article would be a good article for Essay #3 because it shows how methamphetamines
have taken hold of these small communities and have become the source of
income, happiness, pain, and crime. Winter’s Bone also depicts the lives of
those affected by methamphetamines in the small towns of the Ozarks. Methamphetamine
is a drug that needs to taken out of circulation but it is almost impossible
when it can be made in a kitchen sink and there is still such a strong want for
it. The only thing that will stop this epidemic is education.
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Works
Cited
Reding, Nick. Methland The Life
and Death of an American
Small Town Bloomsbury , 2009 Print
I like the I like the descriptive words that you use in your summary. The link to Greenville was absolutely brilliant. History is a very important part of the story.I actually found this to be the most interesting. Next to Jarvis being burned alive how awful.Your summary is and to the point.
ReplyDeleteHey Michael,
ReplyDeleteExcellent post, I think that your summary of Redings excerpt is great. I think that meth does need to be eradicated from communities, and i was fascinated to seee how the government and military used it as a moral booster. i think that you've got a great grasp on the story using it in this manner, as the town in Winter's Bone is definately meth run. Sounds like youve got a great start man, good luck.
John