We are so preoccupied with our worldly affairs-including making money and spending it that we weaken our ability to perceive what really matters. In our quest for material gain, we do not notice the beauty of the sea or the fury of the winds. People no longer see nature for what they should see it as. The environment suffered because of the industrial Revolution but no one really stopped it because “the ends justified the means.” This, I believe is the root of his anger. In his anger, Wordsworth makes a slightly defamatory exclamation: “Great God!
After reading and getting a sense or idea of what wilding is, things made more sense. I do believe that the idea of wilding can make people go crazy or obsess about their greed and the only thing stopping us all from wilding is not understanding what wilding is. I also believe that people would rather take shortcuts to being wealthy other than working hard and earning it. Like what Derber said, “Many signs point to a corruption of the American Dream in out time. Most Americans do not become killers to make it up the ladder or to hold on to what hey have, but the traditional restraints on naked self-aggrandizement seem weaker-and the insatiability greater” (Derber, p. 14).
They often committed a myriad of staggering sins and believed they were masters of perpetuity. They deviated from faith, and moved heaven and earth for their self-contentment, fulfillment of their lustful desires and attaining happiness and peace of mind and unwarily persisted not keeping in mind any future consequences which they would have to bear the brunt of and could even lead to their own bitter end. We can take examples of powerful rulers such as Sultan Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire and Asoka who carried on committing ruinous deeds and inhumanities not caring for their consequences and were absolutely corrupt people from within. Sultan Suleiman I executed his own son, heir to the throne, himself and Asoka brutally and mercilessly slaughtered innocent men, women and children in his world
Gatsby’s good qualities, loyal and love, lead to his death. There was a lot of greed and empty pursuit of pleasure in the 1920’s. The people who attended Gatsby’s parties were greedy. The parties resulted in the corruption of the American Dream, as desire for money and pleasure surpassed more noble goals. The stock market rised.
For the Villain with a smiling cheek says he is strong but he is truly week. His life filled with sin and gloom, constantly planning his next sinister ordeal. With his power he could have amazed and inspired, but yet he chose to cause harm. S men are not looking for anything logical like money. They cannot be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with.
People have lost their own ability to determine what they want and have succumbed to society’s great pressure that money is the answer to everything. As a result, citizens became willing to do anything to chase wealth. Gatsby chases the same dream for too long, becoming an illegal bootlegger who hides behind a façade along the way, while similarly, the general public fails to realize a whole life of hard work does not guarantee wealth and happiness. The corrupt American Dream is just an illusion that the people of the 1920s are victims of because it is impossible to achieve. In the end, both Gatsby and the American people of the 1920s wear themselves out pursuing false hopes that they thought were
"... The extreme foolishness of quarrelling about earthly possessions when the kingdom is at hand." (Browning) Jesus teaches readers of how even the richest of men are wholly dependent on the power and mercy of God. In this parable readers are taught that selfishness and greed aren't the value of the kingdom. This parable challenges material attachment.
What do we gain by having more? Greed has been happening around the world for many centuries and has been corrupting it ever since. Nevertheless, we need to resist greed because it hurts people, manipulates minds, and people are more likely to cheat in life. One important reason why we must resist greed is because it hurts people. For example, Bernard Madoff was a respected financier who “helped” secure people’s money and put in a savings account.
People become greedy when the chance comes to their life when they are given so much and they crave even more. Greed is something that can take someone over and can become an addiction and will take over their life. Greed needs to be extinguished to coexist with another. Greed is a difficult thing to overcome; however, forgiving the greedy can also
Possibly Faustus’ greatest sin is his hubris and linked to that -its constant greed, before selling his soul Faustus already had everything that any person in his time could possibly need, however because of his avoidable desire for a power greater than he was meant to have, he sacrificed his soul to the devil. Finally, this leads to his destruction and his life ends in ruins simply to satisfy his greed and pride. Notably, Faustus is compared to Icarus with "His waxen wings” which symbolises the danger of Faustus' pride since it was Icarus' pride that led him to fly so close to the sun that his wings melted and “conspired his overthrow”, emphasis on this like suggests it will foreshadow something that is going to happen later on to Faustus. Faustus is lured to the idea of forbidden knowledge and envious of the fact that he cannot obtain this in his own power. Consequently, he results in reading ‘heavenly necromancy books’.