Great Britain‚ New Zealand‚ Italy‚ India‚ etc are all secular governments. There are multiple factors which have contributed to the decline of religion’s relevance for the integration and legitimation of modern life. The increasing pluralism and materialism of society alongside society’s increasing individualism and dissatisfaction with traditional religions are major reasons for secularisation. This trend is most evident in the significant increase in the number of people responding "No religion"
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strives to obtain his dream in gaining the status of what he considers to be "elite." This story demonstrates how personal ambition and networking presents an opportunity for success and the achievement of the American Dream. However‚ life based on materialism alone can be a corruption rather than a fulfillment of the American Dream. Dexter Green has worked as a caddie at the Sherry Island Golf Club since he was fourteen years old to help make connections with the wealthy players for his future as the
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historical materialism. This essay shall discuss the change from a feudal society to a capitalist society‚ and how this change resulted in a horrible‚ alienated environment for the working class. It shall examine how capitalism came about‚ its disadvantages‚ and the result it had on civilisation. Marx believed it was important to know and understand how societies’ economic structures worked in order to identify how their work can change. He came up with the idea of ‘historical materialism’ which
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it isn’t necessarily the morality that is portrayed through these characters‚ but rather the immorality. The Great Gatsby is a story about a group of people in the wealthy‚ upper class in New York. The characters are consumed by the wealth and materialism in the community. This materialistic nature leads to other immoral behaviors
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dishonest?’ If so‚ to what extent do these traits vary in these characters? Nick’s narration exposes Gatsby’s obsession with accumulating worldly possessions. The car‚ a symbol of prosperity and success in the 1920s‚ is also the embodiment of Gatsby’s materialism. He has modified his motor to the point of being overpowering‚ excessive and frightening (‘and there in its monstrous length’) solely for his image and projection. The ‘triumphant hat boxes and supper boxes and toolboxes’ infer that Gatsby’s vast
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Transcendentalist McCandless What is transcendentalism? How is Christopher J. McCandless a transcendentalist? Transcendentalism is a philosophy‚ and a way of life. It consists of being a non-conformist‚ becoming one with nature‚ and rejecting materialism. Throughout Jon Krakauer’s novel‚ Into The Wild‚ McCandless happens to achieve all of the above. “Whoso would be a man‚ must be a non-conformist” (Emerson). He defied society‚ lived in the wild‚ and never cared about “things”. He existed off
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self-oriented values reflect what individual members of society find desirable. Taking the concept or materialism versus non-materialism and expanding it to not only the accumulation of wealth; but‚ the accumulation of objects‚ Beats by Dre can fall in to this category. According to the article‚ Beats by Dre are in the upper segment of the headphone industry in terms of price‚ thus‚ falling into the materialism category. Furthermore‚ society‚ specifically America’s society‚ values status. Beats by Dre can
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Jesus Christ was wrongfully persecuted‚ so was Daniels. To further his comparison‚ he recalls the scene where Daniels returns to his cave with the things he stole from the safe. Watson dubs this as a “crucifixion of materialism”. He writes‚ “…later performs a crucifixion of materialism: he uses a hammer to nail the cleaver‚ watches‚ rings and other objects upon the wall of his cave…The nails draw his own blood in an epiphanic act of revelation.”. In this revelation‚ he realizes that he will eventually
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Ralph is considered a tragic hero as he commits the tragic flaws that lead to his downfall; and eventually he realizes‚ reflects‚ and learns from the mistakes and roots of his failure of his pursuit of American dream. Ralph assimilates to the materialism of ‘typical Americans’ gradually and discards the traditional Chinese values‚ in which he misinterprets the significance of American dream and causes his collapses. Initially‚ Ralph merely wants to study and earn a degree of engineering in the United
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The twentieth century Scopes trial may have started out as a simple debate between evolutionists and creationists‚ but quickly escalated to a debate of historic proportions. The 1920s were times of change in the United States‚ from women getting the right to vote to prohibition to changes in education‚ such as the Butler Act‚ which created unease and animosity throughout the country. The Butler Act of 1925 prohibited the teaching of evolution and any other theories that deny the story of the divine
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