By: Norman Maclean

Maclean, Norman. A river runs through it, and other stories. Chicago: University Of Chicago Press, 1976.

Norman Fitzroy Maclean

Norman Maclean was born on December 32, 1902 Norman Maclean was born on December 32, 1902 and later died on August 2, 1990 at the age of 88.and later died on August 2, 1990 at the age of 88.

He attended Dartmouth College where he became the He attended Dartmouth College where he became the editor-in-chief of the humor magazine called editor-in-chief of the humor magazine called “Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern”“Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern”

He then became a professor at the University of He then became a professor at the University of Chicago where he taught Shakespeare and The Chicago where he taught Shakespeare and The Romantic poets.Romantic poets.

Protagonist The antagonist is Norman Maclean he goes off and tries

to not get caught up with everything Paul does. Norman is able to get away from Montana and start

new as a professor at the University of Chicago. Norman ends up making his father proud of him and

showed he could become a successful person.

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AntagonistPaul is the protagonist because he always

wants to do something daring, and gets tied down with drinking women and gambling.

All while trying to influence Norman to do the same things.

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Favorite CharacterMy favorite character is Paul just because he

does his own thing and tries to show that he has freedom over his father as a young kid.

Paul is the guy who gambles, and drinks he is what gives this book a interesting side to this piece of literature.

Paul is a very outgoing person and he adds more excitement to this book.

Least Favorite CharacterNeal Burn, because he was just an

imposter and got in the way of Paul and Norman during there fishing trip.

Neal is a fake and tries to impress his family when he really is just a drunk and lazy.

ExpositionWhen Paul and Norman really start to

bond with their father and go out on Big Blackfoot and fly-fish.

Rising ActionPaul and Norman are growing up and

Paul goes to study at the University of Chicago. While Paul stays in Montana and becomes an editor at the local newspaper.

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ClimaxWhen Norman returns from University of

Chicago and sees that Paul has done nothing with his life except become a big drinker and has a lot of debt from his gambling problem.

Also when Paul, Norman, and their Father all go out and fly-fish together again.

Falling ActionWhen Norman and Jessi burns are dating

and just taking things slow, while Norman continued to gamble, drink and make his reverend father worry about him.

Paul gets too caught up with his debt with his gambling and it finally catches up to him.

ResolutionNorman Gets accepted to teach English

Literature at the University of Chicago and invited Jessi Burns to go with him.

He gets married to Jessi Burns and returns to Montana to hear his fathers last talk in church before he passes away.

Setting

It’s the summer of 1937 in Missoula, Montana.

Fly-fishing on the Big Black Foot River.

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RatingI would rate this book a 6 because it is an

excellent book but it has a lot of deep thinking to it and understanding his past life. Overall it’s a great book and I think everyone should read it.

ThemesFly-Fishing

Addiction Addiction is the repetitive process of doing

something positive or negative. Also known as a habit or obsession.

Negative effects of addiction such as being addicted to drugs, gambling and alcohol those are some of the more serious ones but you can even be addicted to something as simple as the TV.

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Addiction to gambling

Gambling videoGambling video

Becoming addicted to gambling can lead to you doing things you never thought you would do before.

It can lead you to serious debt and gambling with money you don’t have, it can lead to stealing and becoming insecure with your financial status.

Being addicted to gambling can cause you to be unable to resist impulses to gamble, which can lead to severe personal, financial or social consequences

Addictive Gambling cont.Symptoms to addictive gambling include:

•Committing crimes to get money to gamble.

•Gambling to escape problems, anxiety or sadness.

•Gamble larger amounts of money to make up for previous losses.

•Losing a job, or relationship due to gambling.

•Needing to borrow money to get by due to gambling losses.

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Underage Gambling Gambling addiction is a rising problem not only

through adults, but young kids find ways to start gambling and get addicted to it twice as fast as an adult would.

Through online gambling websites people under the age of 21 have an easier way to access a way to gamble. Although security is placed on the websites they can be easily bypassed, also many casinos don’t do good a good job in making sure your 21. In Illinois many casinos merely check to see if you look 21.

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Compulsive Gambling FactsOf the 8 Million people who are addicted to

gambling 1 million are teenagers.The average compulsive gambler is more than

$80,000 in debt.People who live within 50 miles of a casino are

twice as likely to become compulsive gamblers then those that don’t.

(www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,972413-1,00.html

Time Magazine Article Amid the throngs of gamblers in Atlantic City, Debra Kim Cohen stood out. A former beauty queen, she dropped thousands of dollars

at blackjack tables. Casino managers acknowledged her lavish patronage by plying her with the perks commonly accorded VIP customers: free limo rides, meals, even rooms. Cohen, after all, was a high roller. It apparently did not disturb casino officials that she was also a teenager and -- at 17 -- four years shy of New Jersey's legal gambling age.

Finally, Kim's father, Atlantic City detective Leonard Cohen, complained to authorities. Kim was subsequently barred from casinos. But by then the damage had been done. "She was an addicted gambler," Cohen says of his daughter. Moreover, Kim had squandered all her money, including funds set aside for college. Officials at the five casinos where she gambled claimed that her case was an anomaly.

On the contrary, Kim's sad case is only too common. Gambling researchers say that of the estimated 8 million compulsive gamblers in America, fully 1 million are teenagers. Unlike Kim, most live far from casinos, so they favor sports betting, card playing and lotteries. Once bitten by the gambling bug, many later move on to casinos and racetrack betting. "We have always seen compulsive gambling as a problem of older people," says Jean Falzon, executive director of the National Council on Problem Gambling, based in New York City. "Now we are finding that adolescent compulsive gambling is far more pervasive than we had thought."

Just 10 years ago, teenage gambling did not register even a blip on the ! roster of social ills. Today gambling counselors say an average of 7% of their case loads involve teenagers. New studies indicate that teenage vulnerability to compulsive gambling hits every economic stratum and ethnic group. After surveying 2,700 high school students in four states, California psychologist Durand Jacobs concluded that students are 2 1/2 times as likely as adults to become problem gamblers. In another study, Henry Lesieur, a sociologist at St. John's University in New York, found eight times as many gambling addicts among college students as among adults.

Experts agree that casual gambling, in which participants wager small sums, is not necessarily bad. Compulsive betting, however, almost always involves destructive behavior. Last fall police in Pennsauken, N.J., arrested a teenage boy on suspicion of burglary. The youth said he stole items worth $10,000 to support his gambling habit. Bryan, a 17-year-old from Cumberland, N.J., recently sought help after he was unable to pay back the $4,000 he owed a sports bookmaker. Greg from Philadelphia says he began placing weekly $200 bets with bookies during his sophomore year in college. "Pretty soon it got to the point that I owed $5,000," he says. "The bookies threatened me. One said he would cut off my mother's legs if I didn't pay." Still Greg continued to gamble. Now 23, he was recently fired from his job after his employer caught him embezzling.

(www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,972413-1,00.html, Ricardo Chavira, Washington)

Local News article A.G. warns against gambling, including March Madness brackets March 10th, 2008 @ 9:57pm Lori Prichard reporting If you have your pen ready to pick your March Madness basketball brackets, be aware of a warning from the Utah Attorney General's

Office: Gambling of any kind is illegal in Utah. Gambling is moving online, and brochures on betting are ending up in some mailboxes. Still, making wagers on basketball, or any

sport for that matter, could get you in a lot of trouble. Eyewitness News received a March Madness play book in the mail for an online gambling site called BetUS.com. We found it

interesting because it's being mailed to Utahns even though online betting isn't legal here or anywhere in the U.S. Yet, it would seem from the brochure that it's perfectly leg

For some, it's the office pool gone high-tech. The brochure from BetUS asks you to log on and list your favorite teams. Of course, there's a small fee, but potentially a big payoff: $1 million. Either way, Thom Roberts from the Attorney General's Office says betting -- any kind of betting -- in Utah is illegal.

"Gambling is a crime. It is a class B misdemeanor. It's punishable up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine for each instance of gambling," he explained. And that goes for the offline March Madness bracket betting as well. March Madness bracket player Tim Domian said, "Yeah, we'll start a March Madness bracket. It's pretty much everywhere you go: work, school, with

friends you start brackets." Bill Johnson said, "I've been known to win every year. I believe that I will win this year again." ybe not, after we told him it is illegal. "I didn't know brackets are illegal," Johnson said. "Actually, I've never won a bracket. I've never played in the brackets." Domian said, "No, I had no idea. I hope I don't get in trouble for that!" Whether you throw in five bucks for the office pool or wager much more online, Roberts says gambling is gambling. "If you're betting $20, a can of peas, or

if you're betting $10,000, you're still risking something of value and it still could be a crime under the law," he said. We only singled out the Web site BetUS because we were mailed the brochure. But there are others, thousands in fact, of online Web sites ready to take

your money. A quick Google search of March Madness betting produced more than 300,000 hits. Also, March Madness office pools are just as easy to come by. A Vault Incorporated survey reports 27 percent of all employees participate.

(http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=2825646, authour Lori Pichard, Salt lake City, Utah)

Gambling SongKENNY ROGERS - THE GAMBLER

On a warm summers evening, on a train bound for nowhere

I met up with a gambler, we were both too tired to sleep

So we took turns at staring out the window at the darkness

The boredom overtook us and he began to speak

He said, son I've made a life out of reading people's faces

And knowing what the cards were, by the way they held their eyes

So if you don't mind my sayin', I can see you're out of aces

For a taste of your whiskey, I'll give you some advice

So I handed him my bottle, and he drank down my last swallow

Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light

And the night got deathly quiet, and his face lost all expression

Said, if you're gonna play the game, boy, you gotta learn to play it right

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You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em

Know when to walk away and know when to run

You never count your money, when you're sittin' at the table

There'll be time enough for countin', when the dealin's done

Every gambler knows that the secret to survive is

Knowing what to throw away and knowing what to keep

'Cos every hand's a winner and every hand's a loser

And the best that you can hope for is dyin' in your sleep

And when he finished speakin', he turned back for the window

Crushed out the cigarette, faded off to sleep

And somewhere in the darkness, the gambler he broke even

But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep

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