reaction paper to berlin calling

The movie "Berlin Calling" is that of the youth, and how it impacts society, and how youth individuals act. In the movie the main character Ickarus is a constant drug user, he seems to daily be consuming some sort of drug. Ecstasy to MDA to almost any drug one could think of is at one point found in Ickarus's blood stream. To him these pills make his life better, they I believe help him cope with his life. For we learn later on how as an 18 year old his mother died and his father could hardly raise him and his brother. So he went into the dj business. As a dj this is how Ickarus has access to all these drugs, through the "night life" seen. They are an excitement in his life for him and make his club dj-ing experience more fun. The movie shows how his usual does of cocaine and what have you starts to eat away at his life and Ickarus begins to make poor decisions in his life. The negative effects of the drugs seem to be no matter, for he continues to use. 
Many of the youth in this movie seem to be using and taking many sorts of drugs. They too find these avalible at any "night life" event. They are shown dealing in the bathrooms of the clubs. It seems that this is infact the popular thing to do at this point in time. These young people feel it give more excitement to their lives and makes things in live feel so much more better. This is not a foreign concept for even here today in America, people are using drugs to feel the excitement  or to fit into the crowd of people doing this "fad". Even in small towns kids are smoking "weed" to feel "cool". The feeling of power over their own bodies and being able to get that high from a drug regardless of the affects, seems to draw youth into the fad of using. 
This life would be shocking for me, I am from a smaller community, yet not a "sheltered" one. Kids in my high school did all sorts of drugs, but this form of mass dealing I suppose you could explain it as is just obscured. The fact that the drugs are so easily excess-able and that even in public places these people are taking the drugs right there. Drug usuing is nothing new in these times, for even now Colorado has legalized "weed". 

Questions:
Drugs to Ickarus seem to be a way to add more excitement to his life, and yet almost a way to cope with his life

The fans are taking drugs in the bathrooms of the clubs, they are sold the drugs right there, and also take "line" off of the back of the toliets, they take any from cocaine to ecstasy

Ickarus focus on drugs because that seems to be what his life revolves around after a while it seems that he enjoys the excitement it brings and helps him with his dj ing

people in my home place seem to not be anything like that of the movie. I know people in high school who took drugs, but nothing of this sort. The fact that you could buy them right in a bathroom of a club is nothing that I could imagine.

the youth culture seemed to want nothing of the old ways in Germany, from this movie. They defiantly had the power to change the way that Germany is viewed in the industrial aspect, if none of the youth fall in line and pick up after those generations that were before them

Walk the line is about Johnny Cash, it shows his influence on people, which is similar to Ickarus's influence in this movie.

Expanding on topics covered in class

My reaction to the topic of health in Germany was not so different to that of other countries. In earlier Germany, some of the topics covered within health caused a different reaction. Health all over at the earlier time periods were some what barbaric, hearing them expanded on made it even more clear just how much so. The difference of how they their health care system set up in Germany is very interesting as well.
In the earlier times of Germany many discoveries were made. One important one that was covered was that of the discovery of blood circulation. This was founded by William Harvey, who the presenters said stuck himself with needles to study the circulation. He was presumed the first to study biology as well.
Also in the earlier times of Germany, universal health care was introduced. Which is something that here in America people are arguing over in our time. The fact of universal health care is one of the major topics that is happing in debates in the States. People are calling it socialism, which to some in America it is a way of socialism, though not all agree. So to see this topic happen so long ago in another country and have it practically still in place is a wonder.
The 20th century though is where some of the most intriguing yet horrible discoveries. The 20th century like all should know was home to the error of the Nazi. Who during their "rein" "tested"(killed) drugs on Jews. They also created med/chemical that was dangerous to kill the Jews.  The fact that they used human beings to test drugs that they created was barbaric, as well as creating drugs/chemicals just for the purpose of killing the Jews was horrific. The Nazi also created a drug that they were planning on using for creating the "perfect solider", a drug that was cocaine based and made them into mindless soldiers. They also tested this drug, D-IX on the Jews as well.
During this same time period though, one of the most famous drugs was created, Bayer. Bayer is an aspirin we still see on the shelves of pharmacies, drugstore, grocery store, and more today. Bayer was developed in Barmen Germany in 1863.
They olympics at this time were highly dominated by East Germans who were taking steroids  Almost all who won at this time period, where "doping". Eleven out of thirteen medals were won because of steroids. This is just crazy, for now days all athletes are tested all the time for such things. If an athlete today was caught with steroids in his or her system today any title they won would most likely be taken away.