Essays on Material Wealth

Human beings are sometimes driven by the desire to exploit others for their personal gains. The aspect particularly takes place in a capitalistic society that thrives on more work and money without considering the welfare of the employees. Workers begin to develop occupational stress in three dimensions: self, work, and life situations. They find it difficult to balance their work and personal life resulting in stress or fatigue. Jordan Ferris in the article titled “Unsafe staffing events and their effect on nursing fatigue and stress levels” explores occupational stress and the implications it has on the employees. Jordan’s ...

Introduction and thesis

Dexter is a young man with humble background who catches works hard through university, borrows money with his degree certificate as security and works on a laundry business that expands and makes him one of the richest young men in the region. He is given a pass to the golf club by one Mr. Hart, where he feels comfortable despite the fact that he does not belong to that class of society. He sneaks for some moments to a piano playing from the other end, and his solitude is distracted by a girl called Judy, of affluent means, who ...

Abstract

“Song of Solomon” is the third novel written by Toni Morrison and is a very remarkable and rich piece of fiction. Its power lies not only in the representation of African Americans century but also the author’s insistence on the necessity of healing the alienated and broken protagonist, Milkman Dead. His journey to the recognition of the cultural past can be viewed in the context of the mythic quest, as he follows it, first for gold, and then for knowledge about his ancestry. Significantly, in the novel, the writer employs classical myths, specifically that of Icarus and the ...

Death of a Salesman story depicts the struggles Willy Loman underwent so that he could attain his American dream. Willy Loman, as the protagonist of the play, goes through a great sort of change. The central character the middle class tussles in the American nation. He is inspired by the false promises that are contained in the achievement of the American dream. Death of a Salesman story spins around the fracases of Willy Loman to identify the self-validation at the center of his unrealistic dreams. In this paper, we will provide insight into why Willy’s American dream was ...

Part 1: Subject Matter

Love and relationships appears to be a subject that touched the heart of Gary. Most of his poems revolve around the subject of love and the efforts of people to relate with those around them. The innocence of love relationships especially to young children who are growing and the fears that the adults have when they think of rejection has been perfectly addressed in Gary’s poems. The poem, oranges focus on two lovebirds in their early teens as they make sacrifices just to be with each other. The innocence and determination that has been displayed in their relationships through ...

Aspect of H.G. Wells’ Novel “When the Sleeper Wakes” “When the Sleeper Wakes,” an original story published between 1898 and 1903 and written by H.G. Wells represents the passionate, socialistic outcry of the author in the form of a futuristic tale that features an Englishman (protagonist) called Graham. The story takes place in London, and the man Graham finds himself a bit disoriented due to the fact that he has slept for approximately 203 years apparently as a result of tampering with drugs to cure his insomnia. Apparently H. G. Wells embraces a fascination pertaining to dystopian literature that presents the preponderance ...

Thesis Statement: The role that women played in colonial Virginia played a significant role in the growth and development of the social and economic construction of their societies.

History: Women in Colonial Virginia What were the Roles of Women of Colonial Virginia? Introduction Throughout history, women have always had an influential role in the growth and prosperity of their communities. These roles varied depending on the race of the people, geography of an area and the time period. America essentially had three significant groups of women from different backgrounds who have played varied roles in their communities ...

Introduction

It is an undeniable fact that the quest for wealth has characterized man’s existence in the world. This fact prompts the question, what is the meaning of “wealth”? The English Oxford dictionary defines wealth as “an abundance of valuable possessions or money” (oxforddictionaries.com). Many people in almost all societies define wealth in terms of money and riches. However, in this essay I shall follow a Toulmin model of argumentative essays to give more meaning to the word “wealth”. Whether peers or businesspeople read the essay, its purpose is to open up the readers’ minds to the many forms ...

Richness is a word defining the state of being rich. However, there have always been lots of speculations and thinking on what being rich really means or what it should stand for. Richness entails the meaning of material wealth but at the same time it is a concept which entails the meaning of personal wealth and happiness. People have always separated these two concepts believing that material wealth does not necessarily go hand in hand with emotional, psychological happiness. Nevertheless, there has always been the knowledge of how miserable can poverty turn people to be. The everlasting question has always been ...

Humans are difficult to be interpreted in terms of their behavior and attitude since the mysteries of human soul and the maze of human thought have always appealed to people due to their complexity, double-sided nature and mystery of how they are revealed and how they are formed. Ever since the first appearance of earth’s inhabitants there has been a progressive route of human kind which has nevertheless generated lots of heated debate as far as the traits of the human personality are concerned and the factors affecting them positively or negatively. A number of scientific fields like psychology, ...

Introduction

The attempt of looking for the good in life is an ongoing process and it is not something that can be pursued at an instant. Many people will pursue several things to attain the ‘good life’; I look at attaining wealth, the kind that gives freedom as my major goal. My desire to attain wealth goes beyond more real purchasing power to bring internal happiness.

Money

As a facilitation of trade, money is a mode of exchange. Due to the flexibility that money possesses it makes it a remarkable improvement from the era of barter trade. We will start by having a look at ...

Obtaining peace within oneself means having the necessary spiritual and mental awareness and understanding to be able to cope with stress and conflict. To attain mental and spiritual understanding people find themselves constantly seeking stability in terms of good health, love, security, safety and happiness. It is noteworthy that attaining peace is relative given that every person has own understanding of peace. From the onset, it is however important to note that peace is an indispensable need that every person must struggle to obtain the same way people strive to acquire the three basic human needs namely food, shelter, ...

WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF CRIME IN AMERICA?

In the book Crime and the American Dream, the authors Steven Messner and Richard Rosenfield examine the issue of crime particularly in The United States of America. These two authors focused on the study of crime at a macrosociological level, giving insight on crime in neighborhoods, inner-cities and nation-states. This book incorporates the Institutional Anomie Theory which suggests that high crime rates in America can be attributed to the emphasized commitment to the goal of material success. The two authors go into depth to explain the cause of the significant high rate of crime in America compared to other industrialized ...

The aim of this essay is to present you with a definition on a concept which has been flirting with the human nature ever since the dawn of prehistoric times. If each word is to depict a notion widely accepted and shared within the borders of a speaking community, then the word ‘success’ has spread its meaning throughout centuries, changing meaning according to the ideals of each era and civilization. Success has been an ideal that has always been flirting with its being considered equal to happiness. People have always believed that a successful person is usually a happy person. But philosophy, psychology and social ...

Rhonda Byrne’s book, The Secret, is one of the bestselling books around the globe. It s content has also elicited much sales for the DVD by the same author of Prime Time Productions (Heuvel 5). According to Byrne, the secret is the law of attraction that posits that one’s thoughts attract everything that is in existence within their life i.e. our thoughts act as the centre of attraction for everything that has happened, is happening or will happen in one’s life. Scientifically, it follows the principle of magnetism. The feelings that are generated in the body ...

The stereotypical view of African Americans of being violent, fascinated by material wealth, chasing after the American dream, politically disoriented and gender biased are clearly portrayed in the satirical movie Bamboozled. The movie portrays how Caucasian Americans relate to black Americans in the context that they (black Americans) hold negative virtues such as violence, thus should be despised. The image of black Americans in the movie is portrayed by bringing insights of a certain character (Delacroix) as being a racist, disrespectful, regretful, and fantasized by material wealth.

Lee portrays the image of the characters by the use of a movie in a movie. ...

An Exploration of the American Dream as it is presented in Salinger’s “A Perfect Day for Bananafish”, Updike’s “A &P” and Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” The American Dream is often thought of as a defining national characteristic of the USA. The Dream is most frequently thought and spoken of as the opportunity for financial success and material prosperity, achieved through determination and hard work. The three succeeding short stories show the authors’ critical standpoint towards the American dream. To begin with, Seymour Glass in “A Perfect day for Bananafish”, Sonny in “Sonny’s Blues” and ...

Subjective wellbeing is a topic that has long eluded people in general, much less psychologists and social scientists. Subjective wellbeing is, ostensibly, one of the most important (if not the most important) motivators of people's actions - everything that people do is done in order to enhance our quality of life. That being said, I believe that the social trend of materialistic apathy is negatively affecting people's ability to feel better about their lives and its subjective quality. In order to combat the absence of spirituality and affluence, which has been replaced by empty consumerism, it is necessary to find ...