The Beautiful Boy

In this book I think that David Sheff lays down a great visual into the life of his son Nic. He tells us how brilliant Nic is, that Nic has a great imagination and that all of his teachers think that he is a very smart and intelligent boy. But on the other hand he also lets us know that Nic is torn between the fact that he has to live two lives, one with his father, David, and one with his mother, Vicki. In the beginning it was good because his mother did not live to far from him but when she relocates

It was a typical day in the Tatafu household, with my sister and I participating in a match of our amateur version of basketball, my mother passionately gardening and the rest of the house basically lounging around. I remember distinctly that the day was the 2nd of February, also known as the aggravating first day of school. For odd some reason, I had sensed an unsettling feeling that blended in with our borderline ‘couldn’t-be-bothered’ behavior as we foregathered in for dinner. The silence that

Beautiful Boy In the book Beautiful Boy David Sheff the father describes his and his family’s experience dealing with his son Nic who is addicted to the drug crystal meth. In telling his story David takes us down memory lane to the beginning of his life with his first wife who gives birth to his son Nic. In this book I think that David Sheff lays down a great foundation into the life of his son Nic. He tells us how brilliant Nic is, that Nic has a great imagination and that all of his teachers

The Struggles of Addiction by a Father’s Perspective The memoir, Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey through his Son’s Addiction, written by David Sheff, discusses the implications of drug addiction through a father’s perspective. David Sheff recalls the most significant events while witnessing his son’s addiction to methamphetamine throughout the span of ten years. Although Nic was treated for his addiction to methamphetamine, he also tried other drugs such as, marijuana, ecstasy, heroin, mood stabilizers

Beautiful Boy Application 1. Apply the concepts of Piaget to Nic’s development. The fourth stage in Piagets Theory is Formal Operational Period. In this stage, which begins around eleven years of age and continues through adulthood, children become capable of applying mental operations to abstract concepts. They can imagine and reason about hypothetical situations. From this point on, people start to think in abstract, systematic, and logical ways. I believe that this is the stage that got

Addicted Boy If cocaine were legal, what would the little packages be called? Sweet N' High! Unfortunately, this is an example of what is commonly known as a “crack joke.” Drugs are increasingly being misused and abused. Yet, today’s youth in its ignorance takes drugs as a light matter. It is a different story altogether from someone who has actually used drugs. In Beautiful Boy, journalist David Sheff recounts his own and his son, Nic’s journey of drug abuse. Sheff’s memoir is a haunting experience

Abstract This paper provides a brief summary of the novel Beautiful Boy by David Sheff (2008) that shows life of his son’s struggling drug addiction through the eyes of a helpless father. This paper also expands on the notion of how substance abuse and addiction are represented per several factors – individual, social, cultural and economic, as well as what instances/occurrences may have played a significant role in the development of substance and alcohol addiction Nic, the individual at risk, the

Beautiful Boy Application Assignment For decades the War on Drugs have aimed towards extricate people from the harmful effects of drugs. Throughout the course we have seen how drug use effects not just the user, but everyone around them as well as the arguments towards legalization of drugs. One of the best ways to identify with how drugs affect the user is to read to Kurt Cobain’s lyrics that are presented in the Beautiful Boy book, they read as follows “I’m not like them; But I can pretend; The

Beautiful Boy is a memoir told through the eyes of a father, David Sheff, whose son, Nic, struggles with a serious drug addiction throughout his late teens and early twenties. As Nic was growing up he was clearly a very intelligent child. He won prizes for his writing at school and was involved in sports. Nic was destined for great things ahead of him until he started smoking pot at the age of eleven. His father let him off with more or less of a warning because as a teen Sheff himself has experimented

Beautiful Boy by David Sheff, published in 2008, sifts through his grueling journey of dealing with his son, Nic, and his dependency on crystal meth. Sheff’s central purpose of Beautiful Boy was to show that the disease of being fixated on drugs can severely damage one’s state, and their relationships in life. The main takeaways from this book delve into understanding the continuous cycle of relapse through recovery, as well as the unconditional love and hope one has in the face of addiction. Within