Coffee functions here as a familiar cultural symbol of sobering up. The theme concerns that association and its connection with Jack’s alcoholism.
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American History
The stacks of 7-Up are at once a color reference and a reference to the drink’s history. Early 7-Up was marketed as a lithiated soda and advertised as a hangover remedy. That advertising history connects the bottles to sobering and Jack’s alcoholism.
