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    D.H. Lawrence’s 1926 short story‚ The Rocking Horse Winner‚ can be seen as an exemplum of love and materialism to coexist. The various family members in the story expose the greedy and materialistic obsession. The mother in the story‚ Hester‚ portrays an unsatisfiable desire for a luxurious lifestyle. Although Hester was born beautiful and “started with all the advantages”1(436)‚ Hester believes she has become unlucky after marrying. In an attempt to satisfy his mother’s desires‚ Paul‚ “went off

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    In The Great Gatsby‚ every character is consumed by materialism. Everyone’s main concern is attending the biggest party‚ having the sharpest clothes and the buying fastest cars. The cars are a very important symbol used by Fitzgerald in the novel. Gatsby’s car specifically‚ is bright yellow which is meant to represent his wealth. “ It was a rich cream colour‚ bright with nickel...and terraced with a labyrinth of windshields that mirrored a dozen suns.” (Fitzgerald 63) Just like him‚ his car is extravagant

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    Fitzgerald further represents the Materialistic nature of people in society. He reveals the corruption of the “New money” through the crimes Myer Wolfshiem commits‚ who satirically characterizes real life gang member of 1920s. In the novel‚ Wolfshiem is a friend of Gatsby who not only is the “New money”‚ but also acquire wealth through illegal businesses. Fitzgerald creates him as a crucial character to reveals the greedy nature of the Americans. He also uses him to indicate the fact that Gatsby

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    The Great Gatsby was written by American Author in 1925 one of the literature’s most read book. Moreover‚ we see the lives of Nick Caraway a young man from Minnesota who moves to New York City to learn the bond business. Then meets Gatsby the man whose name is in the title a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Tom‚ Daisy‚ George‚ Myrtle‚ and many more characters are introduced. In the book‚ the author glamorizes the American dream by writing about Gatsby and how he

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    Unit 1 1.1 Identify the different reasons people communicate. To get some manner or form of action. To gather and exchange information. To give advice. To help understand. In order to make informed choices. As an explanation. To express emotions such as fear or joy. To express wishes and views. To explain needs and wants. 1.2 Explain how communication affects relationships in the work setting. Effective communication demonstrates the ability to share and record information

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    for cognitive nourishment and happiness. Though ignorance may be considered bliss‚ In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451‚ without cognitive thought‚ communication‚ and the questioning of power and social norms‚ the celebration of innocence and materialism

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    modern day theories of materialism‚ but even to this day there is the ongoing debate of which theory is right. Searle has a unique view called non-reductive materialism which challenges the premise of all other theories. To start off Searle points out the most commonly discussed issue of dualism‚ one even Descartes

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    METAPHYSICS: ONTOLOGY: DUALISM VS. MATERIALISM The original idea of the word ’philosophy ’ was a ’love of wisdom ’ (Cowan 2). Philosophy is meant to explore the ’big questions ’ and try to find answers as best we can in the time we have been given. One of the areas of study in philosophy is metaphysics‚ which deals in the ideas of the nature of reality. "We look at the world‚ and we assume that it is the way it appears to be. It is not." (Carreira 7). There is much to reality that can be discussed

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    considered to be separate from one another but now make up one being due to to the advances in computer science and other technology. Every single action or interaction is acted upon within the physical world. There are three main ideas that make up materialism which includes behaviorism‚ physicalism‚ and functionalism. The behaviorism theory connects the mental states with various types of behavior‚ physicalism theory identifies the mental states with how the brain processes information‚ and finally‚

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    Two authors that have written about American consumerism‚ James Twitchell and Ian Frazier‚ have two different ways of expressing their thoughts in their essays even though the two topics are similar. In Twitchell’s essay‚ “Two Cheers for Materialism”‚ he expresses his views in a different way than Frazier does by taking a more serious approach. Frazier on the other hand‚ attempts a more comical view of the issue in his essay “All Consuming Patriotism”. However different their essays may be‚ they

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