In “Behind the Beautiful Forevers” Katherine Boo argues that societies are becoming corrupt because of capitalism’s prevalence in modern societies. Capitalism is creating an economy where products and profits are owned by companies and individuals instead of the government. ("Capitalism" Merriam Webster) Having profits owned by individuals drive owners to create inequitable systems that take advantage of lower class citizens. The systems drive the lower class to compete against one another to create a small profit, that will soon be taken away by the individuals or companies that “own” the profit created by the system. This corrupt system affects the mentalities of citizens as well; they slowly become cold and lose respect for valuable things
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It plays an important role in revealing specific scenes that address the effect of capitalism on societies throughout “Behind the Beautiful Forevers.” Katherine Boo manipulates connotative and denotative diction to show a contrast between the effect of capitalism as a whole and the effect it has on an individual. Denotative diction is shown through her research in Mumbai which refers to factual events of capitalism affecting the lives of people in those societies. Connotative diction connects to the characters personal emotions; that symbolize the corruption of mentalities, which leads to a lack in morality. The tone of this piece is rarely positive and always refers to a negative connotation through aggressive adjectives. This negative connotation expresses the unfortunate situations that the characters experience and an opinion on the effect of capitalism.
Katherine Boo utilizes moralistic syntax; which is expressing strong opinions on what is right or wrong through sentence structure. She emphasizes important facts by causing an isolation, which is dividing the sentence into fragments. “Poor people didn 't unite; they competed ferociously amongst themselves for gains as slender as they were provisional.” Boo could of easily stated that, “Poor people didn 't unite and they competed ferociously amongst themselves for gains as slender as they were provisional,” but instead she isolated “Poor people didn 't unite” to stress its
It plays an important role in revealing specific scenes that address the effect of capitalism on societies throughout “Behind the Beautiful Forevers.” Katherine Boo manipulates connotative and denotative diction to show a contrast between the effect of capitalism as a whole and the effect it has on an individual. Denotative diction is shown through her research in Mumbai which refers to factual events of capitalism affecting the lives of people in those societies. Connotative diction connects to the characters personal emotions; that symbolize the corruption of mentalities, which leads to a lack in morality. The tone of this piece is rarely positive and always refers to a negative connotation through aggressive adjectives. This negative connotation expresses the unfortunate situations that the characters experience and an opinion on the effect of capitalism.
Katherine Boo utilizes moralistic syntax; which is expressing strong opinions on what is right or wrong through sentence structure. She emphasizes important facts by causing an isolation, which is dividing the sentence into fragments. “Poor people didn 't unite; they competed ferociously amongst themselves for gains as slender as they were provisional.” Boo could of easily stated that, “Poor people didn 't unite and they competed ferociously amongst themselves for gains as slender as they were provisional,” but instead she isolated “Poor people didn 't unite” to stress its