The Riches

had learned about the riches of Asia from the Crusades, in which soldiers journeyed to the Middle East to reclaim Jerusalem. The land road to Asia was generally dangerous and expensive, but the European desire for fine goods caused a race to find another route to that continent. Ships from Spain, England, and France sailed westward in search for the Northwest Passage, and though the Europeans were unable to expand their riches with trade, they were able to expand their riches through conquering…

One may ponder the significance of materialistic wealth to humans—how it may or may not sculpt an individual's life— or the one ultimate destiny that accompanies mankind. Shelley’s The Mortal Immortal: A Tale portrays the value of physical riches to society, while also showing the inevitability of human decease with Winzy, as he witnesses those he loves facing their destiny with death, causing him emotional pain and suffering. Poe’s The Red Masque expresses how human mortality cannot be…

ask him if he would go on an adventure to reclaim the riches of Thorin’s grandfather. The riches Thorin’s grandfather’s and made the dwarves one of the most powerful creatures in Middle Earth. Smaug is a dragon that lives in the middle of the Lonely mountain and has stolen the riches. Setting of The Hobbit The journey…

In Ragged Dick, Horatio Alger paints a picture of a young boy defying the odds. A young boy who sleeps on the street, that has good principals and a desire to succeed, becomes a respectable business man. The so-called capitalist boy hero Ragged Dick is meant to be an inspiration to children, with good morale’s and a desire to work hard you can turn yourself into anything you want to be. However, the story of Ragged Dick is a fantasy filled with coincidence and unreasonable expectations of others…

going on in the upper class. He defined the culture of America in those times. He also commented on the decay of morales during the 1920’s. As someone who grew up without wealth but desired wealth, he defined the American Dream of rising from rags to riches and living a life of leisure and luxury (Fahey 70). However, his definition of American culture is out of date. The 1920’s was an era defined by the rowdy upper class crowd and the decay of traditional morales. Despite this time being that…

Much like other explorers, the driving force behind Columbus’ expedition was his thirst for riches. Columbus didn't view the Natives as people, he viewed them as objects he could use to help achieve his goal of becoming rich. In a letter written to Queen Isabella of Spain, Columbus wrote: “For I, with the force I have under me, which is not…

As watching the clips of The Great Gatsby, there were some different classes, that were clearly treated differently depend on the wealth of a person. In the beginning of the movie, there is a scene that Nick Carraway meets Tom Buchanan at his port and ask Tom Buchanan with an admiration that if the whole field is Tom's, which shows that Tom is wealthier than Nick. Also, Myrtle Wilson, wife of George B. Wilson, have an affair with Tom because George is a poor man who owns the drug store. Along…

be also arranged similarly as general riches as we are today. He clearly trusted that riches was a need of life. He worked his entire life to be rich, yet he was not a grumpy person. He suspected that the part of a mogul was to accumulate however much cash as could be expected, than redistribute it all through the group for the improvement of the general population. The scriptural viewpoint, in correlation, is extremely attentive in approving awesome riches. It alerts that it is the explanation…

compared to my home town Jerez De Caballeros, Spain. My crew and I than took an expedition in Central America in hope for riches; Francisco Pizarro joined me in 1532 in a Peru conquest, there I found Peruvian treasures which made him rich, I was so rich that I could go on another quest! On May 30,1935 we made it to Tampa Bay, Florida in the new world in hope for some big time riches like gold. We then marched northward to Georgia, than to the west Alabama River; which took me to Mobile bay and…

food on his table. He, of course, does not intake simpler objects in life for granted as any other man of riches would. This is due to the fact that he has experienced a more lacking life.…