It has been said that “every city has an Elm Street” (Unknown Author), it can also be said that most cities have a bad part inside its limits. Who determines if the deprived part of the city is really a bad part of town? What are the criteria to determine if there really a bad part of town? It is one’s own perception if and where this bad part of town really is. A man that lives on the streets find a dwelling with three windows in the entire 3-bedroom dwelling unbroken. Ceiling falling in, no running water, or electricity. Some people would call this a “dump”, while this man that has no place to call his own, this man call it a palace and his home. DISCUSSION Life is divine chaos, hectic in fact, it is a rat-race to success. Without money to buy food, and food to survive, how does a person exist? Without the foundation of money, there is very little one can do that would accumulate the materials needed to survive without turning to criminal activities. We as a people on a macro level strive for success, and often times we fall short of the mark. This puts a strain on our emotional state of being. Now the world has you by the ankles holding you high in the air, then you ask yourself, how did I get in this situation, and what can I do to get out? Being in an emotional state of mind, you think of ways to get financial assistance as quickly as possible. The jobs available pay very low wages, that’s when you being to devise of ways to make money the illegal way i.e. by
Money has been a life objective since they introduced it back in early 5,000 BC. People are so focused in acquiring materialistic things in order for them to feel special or overall happy. In most cases people focus on becoming rich to feel important and start to lose morality. In the play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry, there is a specific character named Walter Lee. In the play Walter is concerned about money and has some morality because he was willing to let his future baby die from abortion, risk his family’s money for selfish needs, and thinks money is life. But deep down inside him he cares for his family more than money.
Money plays an important role in everyone’s life, but having money doesn’t mean you can buy happiness or love. A person being wealthy, having all that money can cause fame and popularity, but true happiness can never be obtained. If you have money you can buy any happiness you want. But no one thinks about the opposite side of it. If you don’t have that money, because money is something you get if you’re destined to have it. Money can be a source of limited happiness, but not for lifetime. Money does have value, but you don’t need that to be happy. It’s not necessary to have money to be happy. Sometimes people with money, can be careless, they don’t care about others. They only think about themselves, only about their happiness. This causes
Nowadays, money can make most everything happens. People run after money because they think money can give them better life. It is true that we need money to support our life. However, we need to remember that once we have a good quality of life, we should use our extra money to benefit those who have need instead of keep money in our pocket. We need to remember that God rewards us with succeed is because he wants us to take care of our brothers. In addition, if we pursue over luxury life, we will end up being controlled by money.
There are people in this world who think that money can give them anything. This can be food to water to ease and joy. Consequently, they comprehend that money will have a life filled with ease and happiness. But what you don’t visualize is that building these thoughts will lead to an obsessive, joyless, person going the extra mile to get that cash. Why this is unacceptable I might add is where is the ease and the joy you endured obsessively to have? Suffering long hours so you have ease but have no time to rest. Tolerating days of labor to find happiness, but find yourself empty when you have nothing to show yourself for it. D.H. Lawrence demonstrates this perfectly in his short story by including foreshadowing and symbolism, “The Rocking
Money is a main worry for some people. It is a necessity for anyone who is trying to succeed in life. Many believe that the only way to success is to have a
The repercussions of attaining or lacking money changes based on the situation of the person possessing it . One could use money as an instrument to create happiness in spite of its vile nature. On the other hand one could be corrupted by it based on what it 's used for or the impact it has on that person 's character. Based on my personal experiences money has always been the one factor that restrains my family from experiencing constant happiness. But that 's not necessarily the same situation for every family. In “The Glass Castle” the Walls family drifted further apart in result of coming across money. The glass castle was an exciting book with a very unique and adventure seeking family. Rex Walls sand Rose Mary Walls were the parents of Jeanette, Lori, and Brian Walls. Initially the family was poor but over time their wealth would increase and decrease creating a series of complications that the family had to face. While encountering wealth, due to the passing away of Rose Mary’s mother who left her a large house in Phoenix and some money, the family felt out of place because they 've become so accustomed to their lifestyle of struggling. “City life was getting to dad. “I’m starting to feel like a rat in a maze,” he told me. He hated the way everything in Phoenix was so organized, with time cards, bank accounts, telephone bills, parking meters, tax forms, alarm clocks, PTA meetings, and pollsters knocking on the door and prying into your affairs.” (106) Their father
Housing and Zoning Crowded, lots of brick and cement; few parks, cars parked very closely together on street. Some areas show severe urban blight.
In this world there are many obstacles that people have to deal with and money related situations could be one of those. An abundance of people struggle to get to the top with the middle or high class, but why is that? The answer to this lies within our society because society it the root of all the problems.
In his book Elijah Anderson tries to describe how life is, living in a black poor community in an American town known as Inner-city. In this area everyone is struggling financially and seem distant from the rest of America. The main social class in this town is the “decent” and the “street” families as the community has labeled them. The labeling by the local is as a result of social contest between the inhabitants. The line between a decent and street family is usually very thin, it’s based on a family evaluation of itself labeling itself decent and the other street. The irony is that families bearing a street label may value itself as decent and still valuing other families’ street. However, this labels form the basis of understanding inner-city community lifestyle. The community has many of the white society middle class values but they know the values don’t hold water in the street. They say it does not provide the attitude of a person who can take care of themselves in the street.
Author William Hazlitt in his essay “On the Want of Money” describes his feelings on the topic of money. Hazlitt employs stylistic devices to illustrate the deception and illusions that come with having or working for money. He explains that money is sought for by everyone, yet few have it, and the ones who do, usually do not enjoy it because they are worried about losing it. Through lengthy syntax, scholarly diction, and repetition, Hazlitt creates a negative mood for the reader to discover the raw truth about money and the horrible things that it can do to people.
streets and neighborhoods in our society. Throughout society we have been taught that those who
" We are living in a material world." This famous line in one of Madonna's songs entitled "Material Girl" will never outgrow itself. Ever since the beginnings of monetary means, the main focus of living is getting more money and to be as successful as possible. This became a huge issue during the 1920's. In this era, people made money from the stock market, illegal bootlegging and so forth. With these people hitting the jackpot, this then created a new rank called `new money'. This rank, however, never overpowered `old money' the most wealthiest, well-known and respected class. The possession of material wealth however, can't bring true happiness. Love is an important factor in this equation; when you don't have love, it is hard to say
The importanceof life is blinded by greed. We all know that money makes the world go round, but sometimes people can take it too far. People start to become obsessed with acquiring money and forget what really matters in life, like family and friends. The idea of money starts to overpower them and one cannot do anything to stop it. In the end, being greedy does not help anyone, it does not even help yourself.
The nineteenth century writer, William Hazlitt, writes of his opinion on money in his essay, “On the Want of Money.” Hazlitt’s purpose is to create a vivid picture of what living without money is like. He establishes a harsh tone in order to persuade his readers to believe that life without money is miserable. Hazlitt uses diction to support his assertion that a life without money is worthless. When he writes, “Literally and truly, one cannot get on well in the world without money(Hazlitt, lines 1-2),” he emphasizes his statement by using words that have nearly the same definition.
There are many people claim that there is not any relationship between money and happiness. However, I believe that there is a direct relationship between money and happiness. Research shows that being able to provide our basic needs and higher-level wants leads us to a happy life. The relationship between money and happiness is like the relationship between food and body. “The importance of money in human life is similar to the importance of food for the body. Just like you can’t live even for a few days without food, you can’t survive for long without money.”(Singh, 2015).Having access to our necessities, being able to participate in leisure activities, and being able to help our friends, are things which make us happy; and we need money for having them.So, for being happy in our life,