Hill's Arguments Against Consumerism

Hill concludes his article by talking about how much happier he was after deciding to leave behind his material wealth and instead travel the world with someone that he loved. He is still a serial entrepreneur, and his relationship eventually ended, but Hill feels that living within his means and having a small carbon footprint bring him happiness that money can’t buy (213).
IV. Pattern of Organization:
Exemplification: This, using examples to prove a point, appears to be the main style of organization that leads to the author’s thesis. Hill doesn’t directly argue against consumerism, but rather he argues about how consumerism is negative in his life, about how consumerism is destructive to the environment, about how consumerism is stressful for consumers, and about how consumerism doesn’t lead to happiness. His entire essay is organized as a narrative, in which Hill attempts to illustrate the effects of consumerism to his readers by using his own life experiences as an example to highlight the dangers of consumerism. Hill isn’t committing the logical fallacy of appealing to authority by using himself as an example either, as he doesn’t just say consumerism is bad or global warming is bad, rather he backs up his points about consumerism by bringing in accurate statistics and a credible psychologist to support his claims (212). …show more content…
I imagine he had some fans writing about how grateful they were to him opening their eyes to the freedom of living with less, and others that commented harshly on how consumerism doesn’t control their lives and how they don’t believe in global warming. Hill discussed living with less from the standpoint of someone who used to live with a lot, and the people who have experienced the issues they are trying to write about are the best ones to do