luxuries that he has blind him from realizing that money cannot buy him fortune‚ nor love. Therefore‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald describes how the American Dream can become corrupted if the dreamer’s focus is on obtaining fame‚ power and wealth through materialism. Jay Gatsby’s dream is a “is a naïve dream based on the fallacious assumption that material possessions are synonymous with happiness‚ harmony‚ and beauty” (Fahey 70). He is the title character and protagonist of the story‚ who throws lavish
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the book "Artemis Fowl: the Opal Deception"‚ there are definite themes that have to do with the main character of book‚ Artemis Fowl. One theme is: friendship is more important than materialism. This theme is consistent throughout the whole story. The theme of Artemis Fowl is friendship is more important than materialism. The theme is very apparent‚ because in the beginning‚ all fourteen-year-old Artemis Fowl wants is gold. Artemis himself says‚ "If you guarantee me one metric ton of gold from your
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189-199‚ The University of Chicago Press‚ http://www.jstor.org/stable/2489410 Peter‚ Kenworthy Reem‚ Magdy Hassan. (2007) Consumerism and Materialism: A World Culture Based on Consumption‚ Ethics Based Marketing Anup‚ Shah Khadim Hussain. (2009). the damaging effects of materialism‚ website helium http://www.helium.com/items/1634699-the-damaging-effects-of-materialism
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themselves such as veteran idol PSY‚ whose song “Gangnam Style” allegedly mocks the culture of excess‚ materialism and superficial beauty that the industry has promoted to new heights since the surge of Hallyu. (The Economist‚ 2015.) With K-Pop as the prime export of the nation‚ the idols are at the very center of the culture of materialism that PSY has mocked in Gangnam Style. The song’s mockery of materialism pokes fun at excess‚ a key characteristic of the K-Pop genre which is known to be over-the-top
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consumer value of materialism. “The growing importance of the financial world in the lives of youth as the transition to adulthood has illuminated the importance of money attitudes that lead to positive behaviors such as living within one’s means‚ paying bills on time‚ avoiding excessive debt‚ and so forth”. (Beutler & Gudmunson‚ 2012‚ p. 19) Beutler and Clinton give the hypotheses that entitlement and conscientiousness are relevant contributors to the consumer values of materialism‚ adolescent entitlement
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anlayse a popular culture ‘text’ utlising relevant theories and debates In sociological theory there are many concepts discussed that are utilized in the analyses of society and culture. Some of the main concepts are Postmodernism‚ Historical Materialism‚ Structuralism‚ Interpretive Sociology and Poststructuralism to name a few. These theories are relevant to the research of understanding certain or specific cultural texts. These concepts provide problems and solutions associated with some of the
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Bibliography: Pannekoek‚ Anton. “Materialism and Historical Materialism” in American Journal New Essays‚ Vol. VI‚ No 2‚ (Fall 1942). Zeitlin‚ Irving M. Ideology and the Development of sociological Theory. New Jersey: Prentice- Hall and Simon & Schuster‚ 1997. Marx‚ K.‚ & Engels‚ F. The Manifesto of the
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also relates to the theme of the corruption of the American Dream that is prevalent in the novel. Many people during the 1920s came to America in order to fulfill “The American Dream”‚ which was associated with wealth and success. The parties and materialism present in the 1920s distracted many people and they forgot about their original desires and the true meaning of the American Dream. The cover that I created for the novel The Distracted Dream encounters many of the themes and motifs displayed
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L & Pedersen‚ O.K. (2001). Neo-lieralism and institutional analysis. Princeton University Press: New Jersey. Jain‚T.R‚ Khanna‚ O.P & Grover M.L. (2003). Industrial sociology. Economics and management. Knight‚N. (2004). Mao Zaedon’s Dialectical Materialism;Writtings in philosophy Melleuish‚G. (1995). Cultural Liberalism in Australia: A study in intellectual and cultural history. Cambridge press: Camridge. Reisnick‚S.A.(1987). Knowledge and class: A Marxian critique of political economy. University
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Ambition not only “killed the cat” but killed relationships as well in texts like Sister Carrie and Death of a Salesman. While the American Dream was supposed to be a collective success at its initial stage‚ ambition‚ along with a pinch of greed and materialism were perfect ingredients to the realization of an American nightmare rather. The two above mentioned texts not only expose their readers to a fictitious American tragedy but they also reflect the downfall of the real American Dream that emerged
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