Personal Narrative: Why People Wear Shoes

Superior Essays
People go through their lives trying to find out who they are and trying to show other people who they are. For some, they continually buy nice and expensive things trying to show off that they are someone special or important. Others, however, don’t need nice and expensive things and they are fine with what they have. The things people own can and will convey a message to others. For example, if someone drives a nice car, people will assume they are rich. Even if someone tries not to judge by material things, they will. It’s just human nature. If someone doesn’t wear shoes people will assume they are poor when in reality they may just not like wearing shoes. In my personal experience I know people who don’t like wearing shoes and they are …show more content…
Someone with two full time jobs and not enough money to feed their kids will probably manage their money better than a millionaire who buys whatever they see. The latter of the two will probably be less grateful as well. Imagine handing a hundred dollar bill to each of these people. The person struggling to feed their kids might break down and cry and say thank you because now their kids can eat more than ice and water for the month. The millionaire would probably laugh and use it to blow his nose. Money, in a sense, is relative. It all depends on the situation at hand. No two persons will manage their money the same. Also, if a person does have a lot of money they will most likely be surrounded by people who don’t really care about them, they just want a chunk of their change. This could be a reason why people who have a lot of cash are sometimes stuck up and arrogant. They are probably used to people always wanting some of their money so eventually they just give up on people and start acting like jerks. Deep down inside though they are just like everyone else. Their biological makeup will still be the same, they are still human. Just because a person comes off as shallow, doesn’t mean they are mean, maybe they are just trying to protect themselves and their

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    Those with Old Money are looked highly upon and are respected just because they came from a wealthy family and have some advantages others do not, while those with New Money are still honored, although still had to work to get everything they have. The ones with No Money are the bottom of the barrel people, and they try their toughest to make it seem as if they have money. Overall everyone aims to be the richest, for then they are the most…

    • 998 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    It is greatly likely that the amount of monetary funds one has and behavior are linked in a cause-and-effect relationship. The more impoverish a child is, the more likely they are to develop negative behavior about the outside world and vice…

    • 1555 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    For most people money is something that they spend their whole lives trying to get. Why? Because it is an object that is constantly needed to stay afloat in this world. Such a high value is placed on it. If someone has a lot of money they are great and successful but if they do not they are placed at the opposite side of the spectrum.…

    • 1295 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Owen beals Should eddie buy these sneaker Why do people buy expensive shoes? The book is about two sides one side yes to buy the 170$ shoes that side is eddie. side the other side is eddie mom side were she says no for buying the shoes the side i chose was eddie mom side.because expensive shoes they are the same but just look cooler that is it but sometimes quality. More resume is that you can buy happiness and happiness come from experience also true friends dont judge what you wear.…

    • 396 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Imagine if you were born with the inability to walk. I was born with bilateral club feet which is caused by the achilles tendon to be too short. My parents were worried that I wouldn’t be able to live a normal life, but thanks to the help from doctors I am. I’ve been able to do everything everyone else does.…

    • 667 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Money has always been a dilemma throughout civilization. Financial stability as well as other people’s social hierarchy is also something many people in different decades and until now deal with. At times, money can cause to take control over a person due to their strong desire to have a large amount of money in their pockets as well as using that money to become powerful. Usually, the drive to earn money is because they want to raise there social hierarchy or to live a lifestyle of buying unnecessary things to fill the empty void inside there chests due to there loneliness that they feel. This sometimes can cause the person to become cold and obsessed with money.…

    • 702 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Have you ever felt discriminated and hated by other people just because you decided to be different? Has somebody said that your opinions were invalid just because you practiced a different religion? In the town of Gladstone, discriminatory and non-diverse people seem to be all around. Gladstone needs to open its mind and understand that poorer people aren’t morally bad, you can practice other religions, and your sexuality can be different from others.…

    • 523 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    When I was very little, walking up the trail with a pack on my back and the dog at my side, I would reach out and pull leaves from the bushes and trees. I would tear off corners, smooth the edges, and they would be turned into spaceships, flying across a lush alien world. Sometimes the trail, worn down into the ground over time by paws and hooves, would climb its way up onto the crests of ridges and meander across the moist, mossy fringes of muskegs. The rough, black and gnarled spruce branches that grew there were pirate spacecraft, pursued by the sleek birch branches from beyond the muskeg's soggy borders. As imaginary lasers and rockets exploded against the ships' hulls, I would rip off little pieces of bark and let them fall to the forest floor.…

    • 1519 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    As I brainstormed about things that I carry, nothing stood out. Not a single prized-possession, no metaphoric symbols, no family heirlooms, not even an everyday object that I could somehow pull a deeper meaning out of came to mind. I had no words to describe what I carry, nothing at all. And I then realized that I couldn’t have described it any better. I carry nothing.…

    • 604 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    History Of Sneakers Essay

    • 545 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Pre-Test Essay The beginning of sneakers started around 3,000 years ago with the Mayan, Olmec and Aztec civilizations. The first rubber soled “shoe” was in this age, made by sticking ones feet in them sap from a rubber tree. After the rubber had cooled, the rubber on the foot would be peeled off, and heated over a fire.…

    • 545 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Wired For Wealth Summary

    • 2286 Words
    • 10 Pages

    Wired for Wealth by Brad and Ted Klontz, and Rick Kahler is a phenomenal book on the psychology of wealth building. It points to the different mindsets people have about wealth that can keep them from reaching their full potential. This book also shows ways you can change these mindsets to allow for easier wealth building. This was a brief, understandable, and enjoyable book that I would recommend to anyone who is feeling stuck with their finances.…

    • 2286 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    There is a common saying that states, “Which weighs more; 200 pounds of bricks or 200 pounds of feathers?” One might say that they both weigh the same; however, the answer is the feathers because you also have to carry the weight of the great injustice done to those poor birds. When I was asked to list all the things I carry, I started listing the physical items, but after a while, I realized that there emotional items that I carry as well. I carry memories and feelings that either haunt or delight me. And while the physical things I carry are largely based on necessity, the emotional things I carry will be with me forever.…

    • 1132 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    I was sitting in the living room and I had The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss in my lap. This was the first book I ever read on my own. I was so happy. Throughout grade school, I definitely read more than the average kid but it really became an essential part of my life when I moved to Monterrey, Mexico. It took some time for me to make friends so to pass the afternoons I read book after book.…

    • 139 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Rich In America

    • 429 Words
    • 2 Pages

    The word rich is defined as “having abundant possessions and especially material wealth” although people define wealth differently. One person’s definition of “rich” can be different than another person’s definition of rich. Some people will define rich as being spiritualy happy, regardless of finacinal circumstances or items in their possession. Instead considering themselves spiritually rich with wisdom and knowledge. On the other side of the spectrum, a person may have no spirituality but still consider themselves rich with disposable cash and luxury items they own.…

    • 429 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Have you ever wonder why people purchase certain products? Some consumers want to demonstrate superiority when it comes to self and products. Spending money on product is part of our economic. In this paper, we will discuss conspicuous consumptions and we will attempt to explain what conspicuous consumptions is and how it is important for marketers to understand why consumers purchase luxury items.…

    • 968 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Superior Essays