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    mysterious woman becomes the focal point upon which he allows himself to be won over by Chad and the experience. Strether’s admiration of Madame de Vionnet changes his function in the text and he switches roles‚ becoming an ambassador for Chad. He praises Chad heavily to the his audience of Sarah Pocock and Waymarsh explaining‚ “well‚ the performance could only go on.” (James 279). Strether calling his change in alliances a “performance” reveals the staged mannerisms of the entire affair. Strether’s

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    bought for myself. I was even asked‚ upon purchasing snacks at a local grocery store‚ if I was preparing for an apocalypse. I’m taken aback by how different the views on consumerism are for people living in a developing country compared to a first world country like Canada. I only noticed how unacceptable my addiction to consumerism is when it was time to pack my luggage for the flight home and I wasn’t able to fit everything and thus I’m forced to leave nearly 70$ worth of goods behind. It was the

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    Technology and advancement is great right? Sure‚ for some people. Technology and advancement can have its benefits‚ but it can also have its negative impacts as well. In fact‚ a perfect time period to see this negative impact in technological advancement is the second half of the nineteenth-century in America. American technology and industrialization changed the life of many social groups. Some positively‚ but most negatively. The urban population felt the worst impact during this period. The New

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    lived realities are constructed socially. We become human through a social process‚ and our understanding of the world is forever formed by these social experiences (Tepperman‚ Albanese & Curtis‚ 2014‚ p.114). In this paper‚ I argue that while consumerism predicts and ensures the growth of an economy‚ the commercialization of products marketed to children should enhance its regulations to better remedy our nations. In the first part of this paper I will explain how the output of marketing that is

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    as he travels from London to Hull on the train. It is the first poem in The Whitsun Weddings collection and seems to be an appropriate introduction because‚ much like his other poetry‚ it looks at humanity’s place in the world and the effect of consumerism. Following the pattern of many other poems in this collection‚ ‘Here’ begins with physical ideas of ‘rich industrial images’‚ before becoming more abstract in the final stanza. By beginning the poem with the participle‚ ‘swerving’‚ Larkin immediately

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    1960’s experienced. There were many significant events that took place during these two decades such as the aftermath of the Great Depression and the country’s military involvement in the Vietnam War. These incidents led to an outbreak in excessive consumerism and rising conflict amongst the Australian population on the subject of conscription. Through the analysis of the above mentioned texts‚ comparisons can be established. The 1950’s and 1960’s saw the beginning of a very consumerist Australian

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    religion for some kind of guidance or relief‚ he makes it out that the latest generation‚ exposed to constant consumerism‚ has now embraced that lifestyle as a kind of replacement for religion. In the poem Life Cycle‚ there is a much more lighthearted feel. It attempts to inform the reader about how much football is treasured‚ and to what lengths people treasure it. However‚ links to the consumerism lifestyle are still made. In this poem‚ it goes into detail about how‚ in Victoria‚ from Day 1 of life

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    the unconscious shaped the development of PR and advertising; and why psychoanalysis may still appear today as a critical theory of consumerism and social conformity. The word « consumerism » can be defined in different ways:  Refers to all doctrines‚ actions and organizations dedicated to the defense of the interests of consumers. The most common form of consumerism is the consumer association. His actions cover the areas of protection‚ information‚ education and the rights of consumers.  Refers

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    2015 Summary of “The Ables vs. the Binges” In “The Ables vs. the Binges” the author‚ John Verdant‚ extensively analyzes the effects of consumerism on American society. In his essay‚ Verdant exposes the way society approaches the market world as consumers. He uses two very different families with similar financial situations to show the negative effects that consumerism has on society and the positive outcomes of effectively abstaining from it (Verdant 152). When comparing the Ables and the Binges he

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    Hegemony and modern culture (TV documentary script) [Shots of banks‚ shops‚ people walking down shopping streets Grafton Street‚ the Mall in Tralee‚ Oliver Plunket Street in Cork as voice over speaks] “Not since the time of Antonio Gramsci has the notion of hegemony been so relevant in Ireland today. But what is hegemony? [Image of Gramsci] Hegemony is the phrase adopted by Antonio Gramsci from Marx to explain how social structures evolve. [Scenes of Regina Cali prison] Antonio Gramsci

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