America is known as the land of opportunities. In Laurence Shames’ essay, “The More Factor”, he discusses how America has an obsession with the concept of growth and having more. According to Shames, the quality of life and other values have been underdeveloped, since Americans value having more. In the context that Laurence Shames uses the term “frontier”, it does not show any contradiction, when saying that the American “frontier” culture focuses on measurable expansion, and then using the term “frontier” to describe knowledge and culture. Shames’ argument that quantity over quality is important because it conforms to the idea of people improving the American lifestyle. Shames’ use of the term “frontier” is central to his argument because he uses “frontier” to link the relation of geographical expansion, culture, and knowledge to Americans obsession of wanting more.
Shames uses the term “frontier” to link the relation of geographical expansion to Americans obsession of wanting to obtain more, which proves that the quality of life can improve through attaining more. Shames write, “we pin our hopes of open space and second chances” (94). The author uses this …show more content…
Shames states, “The American economy as an endlessly fertile continent whose boundaries never need be reached, a domain that could in perpetuity, a gigantic playing flied that would never run out of room” (95). Shames explains that many people view America as a continent filled of various resources and never ending opportunities that empower people for success and the desire of “more”. The “frontier” has now turned into the economy to not let search for growth and improvement opportunities end. Americans values have shifted and broaden to only wanting “more.” The “frontier economy” is significant to Shames’ argument because this idea is evident to how the economy shapes the American culture to wanting
Shames uses the term “frontier” to link the relation of geographical expansion to Americans obsession of wanting to obtain more, which proves that the quality of life can improve through attaining more. Shames write, “we pin our hopes of open space and second chances” (94). The author uses this …show more content…
Shames states, “The American economy as an endlessly fertile continent whose boundaries never need be reached, a domain that could in perpetuity, a gigantic playing flied that would never run out of room” (95). Shames explains that many people view America as a continent filled of various resources and never ending opportunities that empower people for success and the desire of “more”. The “frontier” has now turned into the economy to not let search for growth and improvement opportunities end. Americans values have shifted and broaden to only wanting “more.” The “frontier economy” is significant to Shames’ argument because this idea is evident to how the economy shapes the American culture to wanting