In Lotus-Eaters:

Alcohol and Drugs

  • The alcohol and drugs in this episode, like the lotuses, cause relaxation and sloth
  • The boy smoking which initially angers Bloom
  • “Cigar has a cooling effect. Narcotic” 5.272 Cigar has a cooling effect
  • “prefer an ounce of opium”
  • “Drugs age you after mental excitement. Lethargy then. Why? Reaction. A lifetime in a night.” 5.474 A lifetime in a night

forgetting the keys: “O, and I forgot that latchkey, too.” 5.468 I forgot the latchkey too

Poor Dignam? pity for the dead? TODO

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Alcoholism