Remainder By Tom Mccarthy Analysis

What Remains of ourselves when money is allowed to cloud our Humanity? Tom McCarthy’s, Remainder, is about a nameless narrator who is recovering from an accident. He doesn’t remember much about it. “Technology. Parts. bits. That’s it, really: all I can divulge. Not much, I know” (3). Nonetheless, even if he does remember the accident, he is prohibited from discussing because he was paid to keep the content of the accident confidential in a settlement. The narrator extremely contemplated on what to use the money for, and after he experienced a moment of déjà vu, he concluded to use it in retrieving his memory to derive authentic feels from them. The positivity of the quest began to decline when he used his riches as …show more content…
Money serves as a motivator for people to achieve necessary means or goals that they have set for themselves and yet money can make people less inclined to being sensitive and considerate towards worker or people around them. Sensitivity and considerations bestowed upon people does not only involve emotions but also how you speak to people and words that are used in conversations are essential as well. In Remainder, the narrator’s choice of words and tone clearly proves just how much an individual with a vase amount sum of money expect his demands to be executed even though his words maybe offensive towards others. The narrator’s choice of can be seen when he says, “I want to hire people to live in it, and perform tasks that I will designate. They need to perform these exactly as I say, and when I ask them to.” (83). Words such as “I will say”, “exactly as I say” and “when I ask them to” when visualized, displays a very demanding and authoritative tone. When working with a superior on a job, there is a level of respect and concern that is shown even though the subordinate is getting paid. The show of equality and respect regardless of wealth and status is a part of the etiquette to human interaction. However, the narrator seems to disregard such ethics and only concern himself to the theory that getting paid to perform a job requires nothing further than what you are essentially being …show more content…
Therefore, the money can be concluded as an addiction and ultimately the source to all the inconsiderate treatment he bestowed upon the re-enactors. The concept of money as an addiction can be proven by a Psychologist Dr. Tian Dayton who explained that, “these days, the idea of process addictions is widely accepted. Process addictions are addictions that involve a compulsive and/or an out of control relationship with certain behaviors such as gambling, sex, eating and yes, even money...There is a change in brain chemistry with a process addiction that’s similar to the mood altering effects of alcohol or drugs. With process addictions engaging in a certain activity, say viewing pornography, compulsive eating or an obsessive relationship with money, can kick start the release of brain/body chemicals, like dopamine, that actually produce a “high” that’s similar to the chemical high of a drug. The person who is addicted to some form of behavior has learned, albeit unconsciously, to manipulate his own brain chemistry”. This statement clearly explains and conclude that money can cause an addiction much like how the narrator became addicted to his acts and continued to assault and abuse his re-enactors. The intense need for