In “America,” Hoagland uses metaphors to illustrate the growing influence of consumerism, capitalism, and most of all the greed that rules the modern American society. Consumerism is a modern day blessing and a curse for America. Consumerism is the theory of society’s preoccupation with consumer goods. This is evident in the beginning of “America.” Hoagland writes, “Then one of the students with blue hair and a tongue stud/ Says that America for him is a maximum-security prison/ Whose walls are made of RadioShack’s and Burger King’s, and MTV episodes/ Where you can’t tell the show from the commercials.” Here, Hoagland lists the details of American “trendiness” by mentioning hair color and body piercings. Also, Hoagland describes modern day businesses like Radio Shack, which market and sell consumer based goods, and fast food restaurants like Burger King that gives super-sized food portions.
6) Hoovervilles were named after Herbert Hoover because he was the president at the time of the great depression. The American people felt like he was to blame for the terrible economy because he raised taxes when he promised that he wouldn't as well as creating the Smoot Hawley tariff which eventually cut America off from foreign trade, tightening the grasp that the depression already had on the U.S. The negative view that the American people had of Hoover was not fair because he put forth more effort than any other president before him to pull America out of a
Many people try to place blame on one person for the economic downfall. “Pill continue to show that Americans believe that President George W. Bush is to blame for the failing economy” (Patterson, 2011). There are many different reasons that people believe former President Bush should take the blame for the failing economy. He made many policy changes that caused people to question his authority. People were mad about the changes that he made and choose to blame him because he was the President.
Journal 03: America Tony Hoagland’s poem “America” uses specific nouns and metaphors to tell readers that America is too obsessed with material objects and self-satisfaction. Hoagland uses these nouns and metaphors to hide truth from the naked eye, specific diction is also used in combination with these metaphors to expose corruption in American society. In the opening lines, Hoagland writes, “Then one of the students with blue hair and a tongue stud / Says that America is for him a maximum-security prison / Whose walls are made of Radio Shacks, Burger Kings, and MTV episodes.” Hoagland almost lists the details of American trends by mentioning hair color and piercings, and by describing businesses like Radio Shack which sell 70-inch flat screen televisions, which are completely unnecessary, and fast food restaurants like McDonald’s that give super-sized food portions. These allow readers to immediately see the ridiculous
Dont get me started on red tape Don’t get me started on red tape! When did the bureaucrats take over? And why has every organisation and large company turned into a collection of bureauracats. Our world has become a sea of bureaucracy and lack of common sense. The Banks, the local authority and even the mobile phone companies have all adopted the same bureaucratic stance and use the same tactics to bully us into submission on a daily basis.
By: Keyoina Hill November 29, 2011 Central Connecticut State University CRM 478-02 In the 20th Century, Bernie Madoff would be considered as one of the most deceitful criminals alive. His story made international and national headlines. It's estimated he took his investors for a cool $65 billion over the course of nearly two decades, which affected many of his clients, destroyed families lives and their savings, as well as betrayal to his own family. The scheme wasn't revealed until Madoff himself confessed his crimes; even with that being said he still doesn’t take full responsibility for his actions. Madoff himself later said he was "astonished" that the SEC failed to catch him.
Riverside Bottling Company Ethics Case ACC/280 July 26, 2010 Riverside Bottling Company Ethics Case Rob Peter to pay Paul Company, so Paul can pay the John Company and John can take the money to pay for a million dollar home. The fictitious John Company exists so Peter can hide large profits from cooking of the cooks. The scenario sounds familiar, as the situations occurred with the unethical financial reporting of Enron, and WorldCom; companies not adhering to the guidelines of Corporate Social Responsibility. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is the ethical standard of accountability for businesses, which measures simultaneously; economic, ethical, legal, and philanthropic procedures (Trevino & Nelson, 2007). This paper will focus on consequential effects of ethical and unethical financial reporting, and the cascading affects on all supporting investors of Riverside Bottling Company.
Wal-Mart does not care about the American economy because they are thriving the way the economy is now, so American citizens have to stand up for their communities. According to the book, How Walmart is destroying America and what you can do about it, when you are a huge rich company and all you want to do is get huger and richer, it turns out a lot of smaller, poorer people have to get hurt in the process. Wal-Mart with all its size and power, could hurt people or help them in a lot of situations. Which do you think it normally chooses to do (Bill Quinn 102)? The answer for so many years has obviously been hurt people.
Crack for America Banksy's piece, "Let Them Eat Crack" is commenting on the apathy of Wall Street to the plight of ordinary Americans. He is blaming the bankers and stockbrokers for creating the financial crisis of late 2008 as well as making it worse by running away with any money they had. This piece actually has two audiences, the direct audience, the people on Wall Street, and the indirect audience, the general public. The effect that this mural has on the audience depends on who is viewing the piece. By use of details, symbols, disruption of space, and adapting a famous quote, Banksy is able to convey his point that Wall Street does not care about normal people in America and were the cause of the crisis.
They’ve been cheated, exploited, and they despise the ones who have caused them their hardships. Giant industries really had an enormous amount of control at the turn of the century in the United States; the greed of the powerful ones has turned the American Dream into a nightmare for an ordinary worker. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair seemed to really want to expose the evils of capitalism, and the suffering of the wage earners. After reading this book I also learned how the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906 came about. It’s amazing how long it took them to finally sign off on those acts because of how horrendous the working conditions were.