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Jay McInerney's Bright Lights, Big City: You are the Coma Baby
The novel Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney relates the tale of a
young man working for a prominent newspaper in Manhattan by day, while visiting
many bars and nightclubs during the night. He manages to accomplish this
through the help of his use of cocai ....
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.... The Baby responds with "No way José. I like it
in here. Everything I need is pumped in."(line 11) This remark illustrates the
main character's attitude toward life. With the condition that the Baby gets
what he needs, he has no motivation to improve his situation. This parallels
with the main character, who , provided he has his cocaine, does little to
improve his situation. For example, he continually shows up late to work, and
then after completely botching a project is fired from his job. The drugs have
completely stolen his motivation towards life. After this, ....
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