and non-economic utilisation of natural and human resources‚ people in the country are not able to get a square meal per day. 3. Inequality: Inequality in the distribution of wealth and income is another factor responsible for the abject poverty situation in the country. While large sections of the people are poor‚ wealth and productive assets have been concentrated with a few hands. 4. Unemployment: Lack of employment opportunity is one of the basic causes of poverty. Due to unemployment‚ there
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high goal of the American Dream by participating in organised crime. Gatsby obviously was corrupt to achieve his mansion and to hold all of these parties. Because of Gatsby’s corruption‚ he appears surrounded by a world of luxurious possessions and wealth. Any reader’s first instinct of Gatsby would be that he is an exceptionally wealthy person whom must have worked extremely hard to afford all of the lavish things: ‘...on weekends his Rolls Royce... enormous garden... servants...’ These all suggest
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democracy. Democracies exists when the free and poor‚ being a majority‚ have authority to rule‚ and have an equal share in the city. Oligarchies exists when the few wealthy and better born have authority and grant benefits in proportion to a person’s wealth (1280a:10-30;1290a:5-10). Within each regime‚ there are the farmer‚ the working element and craftsmen‚ the marketing element and traders‚ the laboring element‚ the warrior element‚ the priests (Aristotle skips this sixth element but suggests this
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334) and it is this very idea with which Gandhi argues. Gandhi views economic progress and moral progress as two singular properties. Gandhi makes the assumption at the beginning of his speech that economic progress refers to one’s materialistic wealth while moral progress refers to “real progress” (Gandhi 334) Gandhi introduces his idea of what defines moral progress by asking “Does not moral progress increase in the same proportion as material progress?” (Gandhi 334) In this question Gandhi is
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Symbolism and the Multiple Meanings in Jan Van Eyck’s Arnolfini Wedding Portrait Throughout the Renaissance‚ many talented artists tried to express deep symbolism in their paintings‚ but no one came close to the ability of Jan Van Eyck. His paintings were so accurate and realistic that it was necessary for him to paint his miniaturists with a single strand of hair‚ on a brush. Jan’s Arnolfini Wedding Portrait (1434) is so photo-realistic that it has been debated for decades of it’s legality of
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F. Scott Fitzgerald is largely recognized as the greatest of all the impressionist writers‚ with his most widely known book being The Great Gatsby‚ in which he uses a great deal of impressionistic technique to create and shape his view of America’s economic boom in the 1920s. Fitzgerald addresses the great disparity between the rich and poor‚ highlighting the excessive and destructive tendencies of the upper class elite. This sentiment is reflected through his portrayal of Daisy‚ who is depicted
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consequences of human ambition. The story is about a man named Pahom – a peasant farmer — who desires to acquire more land‚ acquires some land‚ but is not satisfied and needs to acquire more. Eventually he over-reaches‚ forfeits all his accumulated wealth and causes his own death. (*See below for a Summary of story). The message to take from the story may be as simple as a warning against biting off more than you can chew‚ or we could say simply that the story shows how human nature pushes us to
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every mention of such idea‚ his tone is clearly of a disapproving one. Orwell attempts to convey to the readers of his position by using many kind of literary devices. Orwell supports his view by using anecdotes from his years at a boarding school. Wealth and social rank had immense importance during the years of Orwell’s education. The boys from the upper class family were treated with the utmost attention. Orwell writes “All the very rich boys were more or less undistinguishedly favored.” which shows
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& D). Since‚ Carnegie was a competition to all steel business’s he helped people to be able to purchase better things for a cheaper price‚ which made him a hero for all people. Andrew Carnegie said‚ “There are but three modes in which surplus wealth can be disposed of. It can be left to the families of the decedents; or it can be bequeathed for public purposes;
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has defined the lives‚ happiness‚ and statues of many individuals. Examples of this come from all time periods as they range from the social separation throughout roaring 1920’s as seen in The Great Gatsby‚ to today’s wealthy elite in Hollywood. As wealth plays a large part in life‚ it may easily dictate details in everyday actions. Nineteenth century author William Hazlitt‚ in his essay “On the Want of Money‚” defends his position that one cannot live without money through his appeal to pathos—of
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