WHAT ARE SUPPORTING sentences for 'Excessive alcohol abuse is a significant health problem on university campuses linked to a variety of negative consequences.'

The supporting sentences for the given sentence can have elements of how the sentence deals with the issue of excessive alcohol consumption.

Explanation:

Supporting sentences are the sentences that add to the better understanding of the main themes of what the sentence is talking about. They act as support for the ideas given in the given topic sentence, thereby adding to the description of the sentence and making it easily understandable.

The theme or main idea of the given text is the issue of excessive alcohol abuse and how it leads to numerous negative consequences. Thus, supporting sentences for this sentence can be-

The case of excessive consumption of alcohol not only leads to health problems. It has also led to an increased number of abuses culminating from this consumption. Even in the university level, it can be seen how this practice has led to many negative repercussions in the lives of the students, not only diverting their interests in studies but even to the length of making an addict out of them.

the first proposition is to question economic materialism and victorian christianity. the lines are:

“it moves us not.—great god! i'd rather be

a pagan suckled in a creed outworn; ”

wordsworth is stating that nature no longer interests mankind, that the latter is not “moved” by it and explains that ancient western paganism had a more positive attitude concerning nature since it lacked the perv erted judaeo-christian interpretation of having received the world and all its animals and elements from god to use as we , instead of humans actually being not only part of nature but its wardens, meant to appreciate it and protect it.

the next lines are:

“so might i, standing on this pleasant lea,

have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

have sight of proteus coming from the sea;

or hear old triton blow his wreathed horn.”

wordsworth here make it very clear that by actually looking and contemplating nature, human beings would reconnect with happiness, serenity and purpose. the use of mythological figures is quite evocative as well, proteus is a greek mythological god of the changing sea. he personifies the sea that changes, which symbolizes the way nature changes and inevitably can change to be destructive not only due to natural causes but to human pollution. furthermore, the sea is even more symbolic since all life originated in the sea so it is not only our past but our future since no life form in our planet can survive without water and if all water is destroyed in earth all life will be gone as well.

he then uses triton which is symbolic of the synthesis of both nature and mankind. triton is a mythological greek god that has the upper body of a man and the lower body of a fish (a merman). this human fish duality evokes the fact that humans are not only human but also part of nature, the fish tail representing nature. the main attribute of this god was that he used a conch shell as a horn to calm the roaring seas. in other words, triton uses nature through science for the benefit of human sailors who risk death during tempests. with the use of such metaphor, wordworth is conveying the message that human technology   is supposed to use nature to preserve nature and thereby humanity as well.

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