The Stuff

appear credible, they must communicate with rhetorical strategies. For example, in 2008, the Great Recession damaged many Americans, which gives Anna Quindlen the right timing to write an essay with proper rhetorical strategies. In Anna Quindlen’s “Stuff Is Not Salvation”, she criticizes American spending behavior through exemplifying, analyzing cause and effect, and comparing and contrasting. To criticize America’s spending behavior, Anna Quindlen provides brief examples throughout…

Stuff Matters is a book by Mark Miodownik where he explores the different origins and properties of materials that are in our daily lives. The materials around us are taken for granted, thus not many people can answer the question of why the materials look, feel, and act the way they do. A prime example is plastic. Polymers, or plastics, are considered one of the six classes of materials that has changed the world. Plastic is held with high status in the material world because of its extensive…

ideas inside our head, and our experiences, shape the world we live in; the world that is out there and is unique for us. The world that we imagine and want to change, followed by our values, and ethics of how this planet should be like. In, Such Stuff as Dreams, Keith Oatley states that through art we experience emotions, possibilities for something else. Art acts as a medium to see, feel and think in different ways, and the possibilities in how the world and ourselves could change. In the…

About Marriage and Stuff, you Hear ... and see. In recent days, several church members have asked me about what we Christians can say about the debate opened several years ago, of the same-sex marriage. Why is it not tried in the Bible? That question, motivated me to make this small study We read in the Scriptures that marriage is an honorable estate instituted by God and sanctified by the presence of our Lord Jesus at the wedding at Cana in Galilee. In the Scriptures the Holy Spirit consecrates…

The dominant group in this movie are the people like Walt. People who are not Asian and who have the same customs and speech that Walt does. These are the people that are less discriminated against and who are treated better. This group of dominant people are more likely to get help when needed and get a lesser punishment when arrested. The ones in the minority group of the movie are the people like Sue and Thao. They often speak in a different language which separates them from others and…

An Analysis of: “Buy Yourself Less Stuff” “If you could live in a 4,000-square-foot home and have one week of vacation a year, or live in a 2,000-square-foot home and have three weeks’ vacation, which would you choose?” In “Buy Yourself Less Stuff,’ an excerpt from “Money Can Buy Happiness: How to Spend to Get the Life you Want,” MP Dunleavy, the author, challenges the reader to rethink their consuming habits. Dunleavy accomplishes this through the effective use of rhetoric. Dunleavy starts…

valid excuse for the damage consumption causes. The online article “Consumerism: Causes and Impacts.” written by Siddhant Sadangi, discusses the causes of consumerism and the negative impacts consumption has on society. In Annie Leonard’s Story of Stuff, she elaborates on how consumption affects the environment. The http://www.verdant.net/society.htm article “Why Overcoming Consumerism?” discusses how consumerism effects society and the environment. Naomi Klein explains how corporations take…

II. Important Information: 1. The main idea is that owning stuff is not the key to happiness and that consumers today own more than they need and it also impacts the environment. Hill demonstrates this by showing statistics of global warming due to consumerism. Hill also claims that most of our stress comes up when we are managing our own personal belongings, whether it be moving to a new house or selling stuff, and that he is personally happier in life owning less items than the average…

In "Stuff Is Not Salvation," Anna Quindlen, a columnist at News Week, talks about how American consumers are out of control with buying the things they want instead of what they need. She talks about how the addiction to consumption is becoming much more of a problem than it should be. People love the idea of getting a good bargain and feel as if they can 't pass it up. She also mentions how this has been going on for decades, all the way back to the Great Depression. The big difference between…

After reading and comprehending the Good Stuff handbook, I am convinced that our attitudes and behaviors are totally responsible for murdering our planet and environment. Therefore, we should be proactive in protecting our niche, so that we can have a much healthier environment to live and to improve our overall health and wellbeing. However, my Good Stuff Challenge list for Atlanta that I feel would be beneficial to the environment if something is done to address it would be: Appliances, cars,…