Affluence

How we are Being Brainwashed to Consume In America, advertisements are everywhere. Television, magazines, and social media are used for marketers to sell their product. This constant stream of commercialism is leading teens and adults to overspending. Brands are targeting teens and leading them to believe that more stuff = more happiness. Children and teens are especially vulnerable to this kind of commercialism, and begin a habit of overspending at a very young age. Because brands are using…

It is well know that there is an ongoing plastic debris epidemic with an estimated 8 billion tonnes of plastic waste being dumped into the ocean each year (Walter, 2015). With the increasing growth of the human population and the ever expanding affluence of lower income countries plastic waste is only going to increase. Marine ecosystems will be the brunt of this crisis with most terrestrial plastic waste ending its journey in the oceans. The most fragile ecosystems, coral reefs, will be the…

The Erie Canal has been praised for years as a well-known legendary waterway around the world (Larkin 1998). The canal has been termed as “the greatest public work undertaken by a free society solely for the benefit of its people…the undertaking was a prodigious one” (Edmonds 1960, p. 1). Not only was the forty feet wide, four foot deep and 363 miles canal, which originally contained 77 locks, able to bridge a connection from Lake Erie to the Hudson and a 66 mile link to the Champlain Canal as a…

Alex, a train yard worker is faced with a decision no one wants to make. He is witnessing a situation where he sees his five fellow co-workers in the distance working on the train tracks. Alex then notices a roaring train headed straight for the five workers, who our completely oblivious to this act. He discovers a lever that will detour the oncoming train off the track with the five workers but onto another one. Alex then sees a problem with this track, it has lone co-worker on it. Alex should…

Willie completely loses his mind with the desire to see his sons’ affluence. In addition, he wants his son Biff to seek an office job in a town firm, but he declines since that is not where his passion is. He prefers to undertake manual work. Furthermore, both Happy and Biff show commitment to their dreams by abandoning…

Even after marrying Tom, Daisy appears to not be content with her life and Tom’s luxury and affluence does not excite her; instead, she constantly seems alone and in a melancholy state of mind. This is reflected when Daisy introduces her daughter Pammy to her friends: “'Bles-sed pre-cious,' she crooned, holding out her arms… The child, relinquished…

The American Dream is familiar to all Americans. A young person born into poverty, through hard work and perseverance, can gain money because of America’s economic system, which is supposed to give all Americans the same same advantages. Through his novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays the extravagant 1920s through the eyes of his narrator, Nick Carraway. Nick moves into New York and is catapulted into the world of the extravagantly rich, which bursts with drama, lies, and…

The 1920’s was vastly described as the turning point for humanity, where the evolution of charisma developed throughout each person. It was a time of thrill and excitement, however people were blinded by the imperfections of society in front of them. Harold Clurman, known to be the “most influential figure in American theatre”, described the era as “ pleasure was the colour of the time ”, by reason that living in the spur of the moment is all that mattered. In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott…

areas to harvest substitute crops. The Colombian regime has began to change their stance on their drug trafficking problem as it poses a threat to their public health. Consumption of drugs domestically affects the underprivileged and poor more than anything, as Colombia is one of the most unequal countries in terms of financial stability. The government wants to make programs would care for the neglected citizens that have been affected by he drug trade. The plan was to solve the drug problem…

Oppression during modern America is something that is inevitably present throughout the lives of American inhabitants. The United States is not close, whatsoever, to being classified as a virtuous nation. We as a nation oppress not only the poor, but also the weak, the homeless, and strangers, but many people do not realize how frequent it occurs in everyday life. Furthermore, most Americans are unaware to the oppression we cause in other countries, especially to the underprivileged nations with…