The society we are being raised in has shaped us into mindless, mechanical robots. Our opinions are being spoon-fed to us through forms of entertainment to the point where we can’t even think for ourselves anymore. Our status and our worth is based off of how many things you have. Not the measure of intelligence. Not the measure of creativity. The measure of our value is based on material things. Because of this belief that society has engraved in our brains, we all wait for the next best thing to come around. The only thing we want to do is consume, consume, consume. And we don’t consume based on need; we consume because that’s what everyone else is doing.
Better, bigger, faster, and stronger have taken control. Most people …show more content…
I wanted to make these lines memorable and emotional for the reader. I wanted to drive home the fact that most everyone in our society today is greedy and envious, and that needs to stop. I wanted to show that there are more things in life to be greedy and envious about than materialistic things.
I chose to use apostrophe in the third paragraph to address greed. I wanted to “speak” to greed and tell it that our society will eventually be able to put it to good use in our everyday lives. We will be able to tell the devil on our shoulders that we don’t need to be greedy about the material things, but we will get greedy about the time we spend with our loved ones and our education.
I used the paradox “less is more” in the fourth paragraph. I wanted the reader to really think about that phrase. I, myself, hear that phrase very often in my life, but I never really stop to think about it deeply. I wanted to use it to show that just because you have lots of things, you still might not be a very happy person. Your belongings will eventually all bore you, which is why we need to start going after the important things in our lives. I wanted to really draw attention to that phrase and let the reader make his own reference about how less is more in his or her everyday
Better, bigger, faster, and stronger have taken control. Most people …show more content…
I wanted to make these lines memorable and emotional for the reader. I wanted to drive home the fact that most everyone in our society today is greedy and envious, and that needs to stop. I wanted to show that there are more things in life to be greedy and envious about than materialistic things.
I chose to use apostrophe in the third paragraph to address greed. I wanted to “speak” to greed and tell it that our society will eventually be able to put it to good use in our everyday lives. We will be able to tell the devil on our shoulders that we don’t need to be greedy about the material things, but we will get greedy about the time we spend with our loved ones and our education.
I used the paradox “less is more” in the fourth paragraph. I wanted the reader to really think about that phrase. I, myself, hear that phrase very often in my life, but I never really stop to think about it deeply. I wanted to use it to show that just because you have lots of things, you still might not be a very happy person. Your belongings will eventually all bore you, which is why we need to start going after the important things in our lives. I wanted to really draw attention to that phrase and let the reader make his own reference about how less is more in his or her everyday