sBP 2011 ISSUE 7&8 Comprehension Answers 1. What are two different ways that ’ethical’ shopping has “burst noisily into the mainstream” (line 7)? Use your own words as far as possible. [2] Lifted Paraphrased You can now buy a more socially or It is now possible to purchase a wide range of environmentally responsible version ethically produced products. of just about anything Green shopping websites abound There are many / plenty of online shops. OR The sale of such goods online is increasing.
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In Sharon Zukin’s essay “Attention shoppers...” she explains that Americans shop because their trying to chase their dreams; weather they be‚ higher social status‚ greater education‚ the ownership of a home‚...etc... She also explains that in the last one hundred years or so Americans have been taught to shop from birth‚ and‚ that Americans no longer have the basic survival skills of making and growing things for themselves. She also explains that shopping habits change from child‚ to teenager
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cycles of creative destruction” (562). My essay builds and extend this claim by focusing on an overlooked aspect of the novel‚ the stragglers’ role of attempting to cling to the past. By concentrating on the pursuit of the past‚ I highlight Whitehead’s assertion that people “have this consumer memory that’s very hard-wired” (“Colson Whitehead on Zombies”). I argue that Zone One emphasizes that the human instinct to cleave to the past is a result of consumerism. Whitehead’s inclusion of nostalgia throughout
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“Student” vs. “Consumer” Simon Benlow begins this essay by telling us how the current faculty and staff at is school received a memo in regards to “National Customer Service Week.” He is extremely bothered by the assumption‚ in this case‚ that the “customer” the memo is referring to is actually their students. In addition‚ Benlow begins to tell us how he is concerned “about the slow and subtle infiltration of consumerism into education” (151) and how the consumer has almost replaced the student
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All that glitters is not gold 2010/12/18 James Campbell The basis on which good repute in any highly organised industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength‚ and so of gaining or retaining a good name‚ are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods. -- Thorstein Veblen‚ The Theory of the Leisure Class‚ Dover Books‚ 1994‚ page 52 ONE of the laments of contemporary political theory is the recognition that modern-day society
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advertisements in our daily lives shapes society’s perspectives in a significant way‚ resulting in social concerns due to its pervasive influence. This problem is especially pertinent amongst adolescent girls and will be further discussed in this essay. Amidst the progress towards human equality‚ advertisements continue to put an opposing pressure by juxtaposing masculinity and femininity. In advertising‚ women are frequently portrayed as
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suggests‚ this essay is going to discuss‚ to what extent does consumer culture affect contemporary identities. In today’s society consumer culture is everywhere and we would probably not be able to survive without it. It became such an important part of our lives that some people even build their carrier around it. Most businesses in modern societies‚ all around the world work as successfully as they do‚ simply because people became consumers and they buy their products. This essay is first going
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short amount of time‚ but one of the most interesting things studied would have to be the 1920’s. Not only did the United States become the wealthiest nation in the world during this era‚ but some major social changes took place during this time. Consumerism grew during the 1920’s due to products being made more obtainable. Henry Ford’s assembly line contributed greatly to this. Each worker was given a specific task to do on the assembly line‚ and that along with the model T only being made in the color
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Consumers are passive victims manipulated into buying commodities they cannot resist “Prosperity knits a man to the world. He feels that he is ‘finding his place in it’‚ while really it is finding it’s place in him.” - Lewis.C.S (1946) In this essay‚ the topic of consumer culture will be discussed through referring to various different discourses‚ which examine how present society has been formed into today’s consumer culture. Consumer’s are overexposed to seductive advertising and barraged by
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Practise essay Analyse how a writer used language to develop the theme(s) of the written text. The cyberpunk novel‚ Feed‚ is a book which explores the dangers of overpowering consumerism. Author MT Anderson uses language to develop the theme of a failing futuristic society as an outcome of constant consumerist influence. Anderson uses character dialogue‚ descriptions of environmental degradation and internally received ‘banners’ or advertising inside the characters’ heads to explore the problems
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