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WarmingupObjectives1.GoreVidal prolificAmericannovelist, andessayist politicalactivist: Democratic-Liberal“ProbablynoAmericanwritersinceFranklinhasderided,ridiculed,andmockedAmericansmoreskillfullyandmoreoftenthanVidal.”(GordonS.Wood,TheNewYorkTimes,December14,) GoreVidalwasoftenpointedlycontroversial:hepublishedcommentsondemocracy,homosexuality,religion,anddruglegalization.Comparethethreeauthors’backgroundsandseeifyoucan explainwhytheydisagreewitheachother.ProhibitionintheUnitedStates(theNobleExperiment) 1840s,spearheadedbysomereligiousdenominations 1881,Kansasasthefirsttooutlawalcoholicbeverages 1917,alcoholbannedasmandatedinthe18thAmendmenttotheConstitution 1919-1933,nation-widemovement,plaguedbysmugglingandbootlegging 1933,the18thAmendmentrepealedbythe21stAmendmentWaittillyouhearfromme--SarahConnorChorus Wait'tilyouhearfromme Monday,Tuesdayitwon'tbe Wednesday,Thursdaywewillsee Ifonlyyoucanwaitbaby Wait'tilyouhearfromme Fridayuseyourfantasy Saturdayyougotoverme IfonlyyoucanwaitbabyVerse1 ShewascalledMariaandshereallywasafriend Irememberwhenwewerewalkinghandinhand Shewastellingmethatsheunderstands Alltheworldandeverythrillbytakinglittlepills Soshewastryingeverythingandmore____andspeed,____and____andtriedtoscore Tragedy:shedidn'tfeelmuchbetterthanbefore SoshegotawayherequicktofindabetterkickVerse2 Whenshearrivedinthecityofthestars Blindedbythelights,aburningintheheart Shebelievedtoplaywhatshecalledherpart Amemberofsocietytosatisfyherdreams Noonepaidattentiononherskills Soshefoundcrackisanotherwaytofill Theemptinessinsiderightnowshegotherthrill Guess,whogavehislifeaway? ShediditeverydayQuestion:Whatarethedifferentargumentsbythethreeauthors? GoreVidal:arguedforlegalization,whichhebelievedcouldsolveallproblemsrightaway. ClarencePage:didnotagree,buthealsoopposedtheideaoffurthercriminalization,believingthataproblemcausedbymanyfactorshadtobedealtwithamultifacetedway. CharlesKrauthammer:disagreedwithlegalization,butheofferedabetterstragetywhichhecalled“deglamorization”Tex