anthropological theory the combination of several established ways of thought often result in a completely new and independent way of thinking. Cultural Materialism is one of these children theories that resulted from a coming together of social evolutionary theory‚ cultural ecology and Marxist materialism (Barfield). The goal of cultural materialism is to explain politics‚ economics‚ ideology and symbolic aspects of a culture with relation to the needs of that society. From a cultural materialist
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for true love. However a darker aspect is shown in this story this darker aspect is how materialism corrupts and dehumanize a person. Gatsby has mysterious business meeting doing shady business‚ Tom Buchanan thinks he can throw money at an problem that comes his way. Gatsby can instantly get out of trouble with law enforcement with the snap of his fingers In The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald shows that materialism of the wealthy and privileged is corrupting‚ toxic and disillusioning to one’s life. The
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as one trying to live out the American Dream - a man with great ideals determined to achieve the unachievable. It is through his pursuit of Daisy that Fitzgerald is able to show that the Dream itself is truly indeed unrealistic and corrupted by materialism. Jay Gatsby embodies the idea of the American Dream in the sense that he has spent his whole life trying to achieve it. What Gatsby longs for is not wealth‚ as he has already achieved prosperity‚ but love. In the novel‚ Fitzgerald depicts Gatsby
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*“Should countries encourage tourism?*” Due to the curiosity and their taste for adventure‚ people travel all over the world. But it depends on us if we encourage this thing in our country or not. Tourism brings a lot of changes in a country‚ but are they really for the better? To begin with‚ the benefits of the tourism cannot be denied. On the one hand‚ it is an important source of income‚ which is convenient for all the countries‚ especially for the poor ones‚ but also for others that do not
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The Great Gatsby articulates how materialism restricts human desire and behaviour. Materialism in this context is defined as a “preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects‚ comforts‚ and considerations‚ with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual‚ intellectual‚ or cultural values” according to; dictonary.reference.com - the psychology behind this is that materialism restricts a person’s ability to function as a social being to their full potential. We see this is the characters of Daisy
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Gatsby / F. Scott Fitzgerald With the long history of debate over idealism and materialism in consideration‚ it would be inappropriate to dictate which one is right or wrong. Between these two doctrines‚ there is a ‘thing’ that has differentiates one from the other; in other words‚ this thing completely separates idealism and materialism. Though veiled in mystery‚ this thing tells us at least that idealism and materialism are inharmonious doctrines. It would be misleading to make a compromise between
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Homework week 4 January 17‚ 2013 Ms. Timley A campaign to encourage safe sex is a great way to open people’s eyes and change people’s attitude toward their health and safety. In my campaign‚ I will use a more peripheral route to induce attitude change. The peripheral route seems the most logical since it can subtlety change people’s thinking toward the way; you are trying to sway their attitude towards to join your cause. Encouraging safe sex is the right thing to do‚ because of the
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Pearl” by John Steinbeck‚ the author develops the theme that materialism and greed left unchecked can lead to immoral behavior. In this story the protagonist Kino has found the pearl of the world‚ that ends up taking over his life and tearing his family apart. The pearl evokes greed in not only Kino but in everyone else. Other than Kino himself several attackers and the doctor continue to hurt his family‚ too. Steinbeck shows that materialism and greed left unchecked can lead to immoral behavior‚ through
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2 SEP 2002 DO THE MEDIA ENCOURAGE TERRORISM There has been a lot of thought put into finding a more effective way to build intelligence efforts to make a stronger product for decisions of national security. The use of the media and worldwide reporters can be used in the effort to build more information on the intelligence products‚ but the usage will be limited. It is not very likely that the government of Pakistan will sponsor a column disclosing a list of nuclear assets every week‚ or that
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