Whilst everyone else on the ranch, and America at the time, is struggling due to the Depression Curley seems careless, wreckless, continues to pick fights and make people feel even worse. It's almost as if he's completely outside of the Economic Struggle, which in fact suggests that Curley's a lonely character, and when in contrast with all the other characters his cruelty is emphasised. Due to this Economic Struggle having getting a job was extremely difficult, to have one and be wealthy was classed as the 'American
In the end, however, it is seen in both novels that when you let yourself succumb to poor moral judgement, you will certainly be doomed. Monetary values and poor moral judgement leads to corruption in both The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz and Macbeth. Money and social recognition prove their infectious, harmful nature in both novels. Duddy places a large importance on money for his entire life. His core belief throughout his whole life is “A man without land is nothing (2)”.
There is a saying, “Money is the root of all evil.” This is true if the money is obtained through ill-gotten ways. What happened to Tom Walker is symbolic of what can happen to any human consumed by greed. He or she will lose their soul to the obsession. There were many important themes present in this story that relate to choices we make and the consequences that comes with it. Money and material things do not truly satisfy a person's life or make a person happy.
Life was hard for people then, as the temptation of the usurers' money seemed very appealing to a person, " The poor land jobber begged him to grant a few months indulgence. Tom had grown testy and irritated
In the 1920’s, one of the most evident factors of the decline of the American Dream is due to materialism. Fitzgerald conveys that this was the time where the original ideas of the American Dream; hope, and discovering was being substitute into a materialistic version. Nevertheless, if you “seen everything, and done everything,” the author suggests materialism can blur the way we think and live our daily life. Fitzgerald presents a major flaw that is seen in all ‘old money;’ viewing people as objects. The ‘old money’ are people who had their wealth for generations and has the higher status than the ‘new money,’ who are people that recently earned their fortune.
Fitzgerald condemns the American Dream of the 1920’s through his representation of the wealthy as immoral and materialistic people because their wealth has corrupted them and they only look out for themselves. Tom typifies the immoral, greedy, wasteful and the reckless lifestyle of the wealthy. ”They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made”(179). By including these lines Fitzgerald tells the reader that wealth and selfishness during the
Gatsby himself became corrupt when his goals were turned to Daisy. “Her voice is full of money”(120). This shows that his goal is centered around money, not love. “That huge place over there?… I love it”(90). In this quote when Gatsby asks “Do you like it” its almost like he asking “You like it right, its big enough?”, which shows that he thinks that all Daisy wants is money, so her goals are corrupted.
“I must take care of myself in these hard times.” said Tom “You have made so much money out of me,” said the speculator. (Irving 251) Therefore this shows how the people felt towards the usurers, feeling they were greedy and
n The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby represents a man blinded by his own greed and imagination. He wants only money and love and must work hard to achieve both. The era of this book reflects greatly on the actions and ideas of Gatsby’s character. This book is a good example of corruption brought upon a person who goes after something that is filled completely with empty promise. Jay Gatsby wants so deeply to experience love that he puts his faith completely into someone that could never fulfill his expectations.
The above named moral and economic implications of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement can be analyzed with these theories. The moral implications show that the rich and powerful in the society base their actions on the Kantian theory. This is because they oppress, harm, and degrade the other citizens. They get their way to the top by extorting the common citizen. This is clear as the protestors