It is really easy to blame your financial difficulties on money. Yet what some people forget, is that this medium of exchange allowed us to create what we have today. Without something to use as currency there would be no society. A society consists of a group of people working together to create an orderly community. The creation of which would not be possible if the basic things that humans need are not satisfied. Money helps create stability by setting a certain value on all the commodities we might need in our lives. Since we are no longer worrying about obtaining these necessities, which are readily available to us, we can begin to focus on the more important things in life. While money creates tension through its significance in culture, it helps generate a more stable society that focuses on the securement of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In 1910, Theodore Roosevelt said, “People forget now that one hundred years ago there were public men of good character who advocated the nation selling its public lands in great quantities, so that the nation could get the most money out of it, and giving it to the men who could cultivate it for their own uses” (New Nationalism Speech). Throughout history, money has been a means of obtaining contentment. Roosevelt said in his speech that there were politicians of ‘good character’ whose sole desire was to help people obtain land. This patch of dirt with nothing on it meant a lot to immigrants who just came into this society with nothing of their own. They were offered a new beginning, all in exchange for a currency. Land created a new life for a lot of people and our means of exchange helped these settlers obtain their happiness. Money cannot buy happiness directly but it can help lead a stable and healthy lifestyle. Since money is one of the most valued aspects in society, when one attains enough money to support themselves they can begin to focus on their family’s pursuit of happiness, as well as their own.
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In one of the dialogues in Sloan Wilson’s The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, the protagonist, Thomas Rath, says: “Yes. I think it’s going to work out fine… I’m going to be working with him, but he understands that I’m not built the way he is. You and I will have plenty of time to ourselves. No more working every weekend” (1955, pg. 280). This scene is set directly after Thomas Rath is offered a high positioned job by his boss Ralph Hopkins, which he refuses. Thomas realizes that he has enough income to support his family and is not willing to sacrifice the time that he has with his family in pursuit of a career. This decision was influenced by Hopkins who placed his entire life and effort into the hands of the company which drove his family away. In other words, the way you approach money influences your happiness. Currency has great value and once you attain enough of it to support your minimal needs then you can begin to pursue your family 's and your own contentment. When Thomas refuses the promotion, he understands that what makes him happy is his family, not his profession. As a result of this realization, he chooses his family since he has enough capital to support them. In the beginning of Wilson’s The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, Thomas lived in this house that him and his family “detested” (Wilson, 1955, pg. 3). Wilson wrote, “the house had a kind of evil genius for displaying proof of their weaknesses and wiping out all traces of their strengths” (1955, pg. 3). Slowly, through the beginning of the novel, the house seemed to cause arguments between the family members that showed their displeasure. At this point in the story, the family did not have enough capital to support their nominal human needs so they could not focus on things that were more important. However, later in the novel when the family acquires an estate, left to Thomas by his deceased grandmother, they begin to work on their communication with one another. The comfortable feeling knowing that they have enough money to get by everyday and have a place to live helps them reveal things to one another. This connection would not
In one of the dialogues in Sloan Wilson’s The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, the protagonist, Thomas Rath, says: “Yes. I think it’s going to work out fine… I’m going to be working with him, but he understands that I’m not built the way he is. You and I will have plenty of time to ourselves. No more working every weekend” (1955, pg. 280). This scene is set directly after Thomas Rath is offered a high positioned job by his boss Ralph Hopkins, which he refuses. Thomas realizes that he has enough income to support his family and is not willing to sacrifice the time that he has with his family in pursuit of a career. This decision was influenced by Hopkins who placed his entire life and effort into the hands of the company which drove his family away. In other words, the way you approach money influences your happiness. Currency has great value and once you attain enough of it to support your minimal needs then you can begin to pursue your family 's and your own contentment. When Thomas refuses the promotion, he understands that what makes him happy is his family, not his profession. As a result of this realization, he chooses his family since he has enough capital to support them. In the beginning of Wilson’s The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, Thomas lived in this house that him and his family “detested” (Wilson, 1955, pg. 3). Wilson wrote, “the house had a kind of evil genius for displaying proof of their weaknesses and wiping out all traces of their strengths” (1955, pg. 3). Slowly, through the beginning of the novel, the house seemed to cause arguments between the family members that showed their displeasure. At this point in the story, the family did not have enough capital to support their nominal human needs so they could not focus on things that were more important. However, later in the novel when the family acquires an estate, left to Thomas by his deceased grandmother, they begin to work on their communication with one another. The comfortable feeling knowing that they have enough money to get by everyday and have a place to live helps them reveal things to one another. This connection would not