Schutza Case Study

I think there are two important appeals that are very well connected to one another. The first appeal would be the main idea as to why hoarders have such a difficult time letting go, and that is because “Memories are attached to objects and in turn we attach ourselves to those objects” (Schutza 257). Secondly, the most important appeal of all would be that the majority of us have become pack rats without even noticing this type of behavior among us “Our homes can become museums of our own personal artifacts” (Schutza 257). We cannot blame ourselves for picking up this type of behavior, after all the media has done an excellent job into talking us to buy useless products we do not need. Schutza did not develop an explicit solution to hoarding because it is still a recent disorder that has not been around for many years. Maybe for this reason she was not able to provide us with an answer as to how we must manage this issue. Although, hoarders do set goals for cleaning up their mess, that day hardly ever comes …show more content…
America is known as the “throwaway society” but not every consumer is able to let go of every purchase they have made even though they have purchased the newest item, many consumers are not able to let go of the old items. Next thing you know, consumers find themselves keeping almost everything they have bought, becoming somewhat of a hoarder. It affect the argument because it makes us realize that we consumers are not so different from people who hoard many useless items. Our society and media are turning us into hoarders, which makes me worry because I admit into being a compulsive shopper. Many times I have wonder whether or not I would be consider a hoarder since I love to hoard many new items that I probably won’t ever get to