Average Joe

countries in the world can be challenging. There has to be a large amount of hard working women and men to fulfil the needs that come with such large population. Many men and women commit themselves to work long hours to be able to help the sick, solve criminal cases, or just being the average family member working hard to help their family. These men and women work hard to keep this country moving working 8 to 12 hours plus in just one job. The average person nowadays works 2 jobs to fulfil their family's need. Have we ever asked ourselves how much do these people really rest in between jobs, or better yet while working 12 plus hours? Most…

In the add the actors not only resemble the average “Joe” through appearance but also through the language used. In the capmgainge the actors describe themselves as a “hardworking” individual. The adjective “hardworking” is a term used to describe an ordinary individual that works every day to survive. Having a “hardworking” individual in Hilary’s add serves to give hope that these “average’ families are “hardworking’ due to the jobs that are provided. The add wants the families watching the…

These people are usually entitled the label “heroes.” Heros are usually strong, and have some sort of superpower to get them to where they are now. Yet no one ever really thinks about the average Joe as being a “hero.” In the Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway develops Santiago as an archetypal hero in order to reveal that average people can be inspirational and just as important as heroes in their lives. Hemingway reveals this by giving Santiago the character traits of being humble and self kept,…

he still had his group of friends, but he had become a small fish in a big pond. John was chained back by his inability to work and learn because he had never done so before. This led to him getting suck to a remedial classes, while I moved on to advanced classes. Without any more classes with John, I would just see him passing by in the halls. He was no longer this amazing king, but a mere civilian in the masses. As we transitioned into high school I continued down my road of advanced class,…

In 2014, the average American household had $15,611 in credit card debt. Affluenza is the unfulfilled feeling that results from the efforts of keeping up with the Joneses. Many Americans are in debt because they are in pursuit of the American dream and have an unsustainable addition to economic growth. There are high social and environmental costs of materialism and overconsumption. Some symptoms of affluenza include, low self-esteem, and depression. There is an assumption that money buys…

implies that happiness has been tied to materialism and wealth. This casts a blight on American society as being driven by greed to have materialistic wealth, instead of strong family ties or relationships like the ones America was built upon. The American Dream has been transformed greatly from its initial purposes, and is now only a minor embodiment of what it used to mean. Consumerism in America has reached a critical point, ever since the Great Depression, Americans have been obsessed…

It is hard to keep a commitment without making sacrifices. This can be seen by looking at a few elements of the movie Radio Flyer’s plot. Radio Flyer, directed by Richard Donner, is a film about two boys named Mike and Bobby, their mother and their abusive stepfather, who likes to be called The King. Mike, as the older child, promises to protect Bobby and help him achieve his goal of escaping from The King. First, Mike and Bobby sacrifice their safety by not telling their mother of The King’s…

In life, the average American’s goal is to become happy and maintain a comfortable lifestyle; and some might believe that a way to do this is to become wealthy. Although some Americans have succeeded in the goal of becoming considerably wealthy, some haven’t in terms of achieving happiness. According to U.S. News, “The OECD ranked the United States No. 1 in terms of household wealth and 12th in life satisfaction out of 36 countries tracked.” Most average Americans believe that wealthiness is the…

times of the year? How was the span of data collection recorded? It could be possible that one campaign collection was affected by the dates or times chosen to collect that data. Also, what was the difference in the mailings sent to Mailing D? The response rates are much higher for campaign 1 than campaign 2. This could be due to the mailing targeting the specific area but, it could be linked to something more. Campaign 1 could have been playing outside of the rules when it came to the area…

There was not one number of pages viewed by customers that were significantly higher than the rest. The most frequently visited amount of pages on the website was 4 and the least frequently visited amount of pages being 43. The range between the greatest amount of pages viewed and the least amount of pages viewed is not a very big difference. The most frequently occurring amount of pages viewed was between 5 and 7, both having 56 customers view those number of pages. The least amount of pages…