Media Tourism Of Kenwood House

As the carriage stopped beneath the archway, Elizabeth Cockles jumped out and looked around her. Above her head was a tall archway of trees that edged the pathway to the house. As she got closer, Elizabeth realised that “mansion” was a more correct way to describe it.

The word “gaudy” demonstrates things that are loud, and wanting to be seen, showing that these people want others to see how much money they have and they are not embarrassed. “halls and salons and verandas” shows there are colorful and this party stands out, and is meant to highlight the wealth of it, and Gatsby. The valley of ashes which is a less wealthy area people blend in rather than stand out, suggesting that people do not want to face the poverty of the people there and the inhabitants don't want to highlight it. Also at this party the setting is very luxurious and excessive and full of wealthy people, there is a superficiality of the upper classes against the not so rich this links as well with the idea of consumerism.

A pilgrimage is a good time in which someday could spend a lot of time

It seems to most that those who have money have it all. They should buy all the unnecessary “junk” that one might find pleasure in owning, take everything for granted and view lower-class individuals as a group of wanna-bes. Think again. S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, very important propositions are portrayed through the writing techniques which link to another piece of writing “Poverty and Wealth” written by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Just because you have everything, doesn’t mean you understand it's worth. Different classes have different experiences, allowing elaboration on the different characters.

In both pieces, author Jon Ronson and author Michael Lewis have two different perceptions on living styles. In Ronson’s excerpt he believes when someone has a lot of money, their living style should be lavish and expensive. The wealthy should have huge houses, private jets, expensive cars, and other elegant luxuries. While Lewis, who had the pleasure of staying in a $8 million dollar mansion for $13,000 a month, went onto explain how it was great living in a house that was so big. He also had such high-priced items in and around the property that eventually it was too tough to maintain it all. After being settled into the mansion for quite some time Lewis decided that this house was definitely not for him and his family. He came to the

“One may say that pilgrimages are just as much about the journey as they are about the destination.” (Higl) Pilgrimages are very important to religions around the world. They are important for people when they are working on a deeper faith, and these pilgrimages are to places of great importance. It is important to note that people do not only learn when they are at their destination, but also on the trip to those destinations. “The Canterbury Tales”, Chaucer’s unfinished work, was a group of stories about a group on pilgrimage, but the stories did not take place at the destination. These were stories told on the way to Canterbury. They were also very satiric stories. They showed great hypocrisy, and immorality. The stories seemed to have

There was a time when social classes were most easily identified through material goods and possessions. Whether wealth was gained through inheritance or hard work, it was the luxury items that made the most visible and tangible statement regarding a person’s social status. Men could rely on a large house or expensive car to proclaim the success they had earned. It was much more common to see women adorned in jewels, designer clothes, and furs as symbols of her upper class status. The extravagance of a woman’s appearance was a reflection of the success of her husband, so it was natural to indulge her desire for expensive material possessions.

The Abbot of Suger has a very contradictory view towards the luxury, which he expounds upon in The Book of Suger. He states the reasoning for the beginning of the luxury that was lavished upon the buildings.

‘The main reason for building a stately home in Elizabethan times was to demonstrate the successful career of its owner’ How far does the study of Hardwick Hall support this statement?

The upper class lived lavishly. They had extreme wealth that tended to be money that was inherited from their family. In Document 1, it depicts people dressed in fancy attire appearing to be at a picnic in a

In “The Great Gatsby” movie, Jey Gatsby was the man who worked to get to where he was in life. Then you have Mr. and Mrs. Myrtle who were not rich at all. Tom Buchanon on the other hand, was born with a silver spoon. People like Tom looked down on people like Gatsby , and Mr. and Mrs. Myrtle because the riches felt like if you were not born rich, then you are considered poor. So it brings a lot of altercations to the table. Rich people feel like they have their whole life to do whatever and whenever, while “poor” people have to think about their next move. Tom is rich from old money, so he does what he wants, but Gatsby is rich by new money but he is also able to do what he wants.Gatsby was able to throw parties just like any other rich person, but then you have the Myrtle family who is not really able to do much at all. That just goes to show how people are categorized by their background instead of what they really have. For instance, in Beverly Hills, that is where rich people stay, so if someone wants to visit the neighborhood but does not stay there, then they cannot enter the area because that area is only for the rich people that stay there. It was

In the words of Dyer, the wealthy people exhibit their riches through consumption (155). This post is an example, of how the working class does not go for a nine-course meal or a top famous chef for

Andy Warhol, a pioneer in the visual art movement once said: “Whenever people and civilizations get degenerate and materialistic, they always point at the outward beauty and riches and say that if what they were doing was bad, they wouldn’t being doing so well, being so rich and beautiful” (Warhol, 1975). Throughout history, luxury emerged as early as civilization did. For old Romans, the concept of luxury was a “disruptive power of desire”. They set up the first laws about luxury: “how much could be spent on banquets and adornment” (Ward, 2011). Since the rise of Christianity, luxury stared to changed its meaning to be related to lust and sexuality. Until 17th century, perspectives of

​ Without a doubt, those who are “rich” and those that are “poor,” in terms of material possession, share a similarity: the desire to be rich or richer.  No one really wants to be “poor.”  Those who are rich are rich through inheritance or have mastered the know-how to become rich. Such as Prince Williams, who obtained his wealth from his mother and father, Princess Diana and Prince Charles of Whales.

The upper middle class and lower middle class consist of white collar workers and small business owners who look at the upper class for guidance on certain behaviours, for example, proper etiquette, fashion selections and leisure activities. The upper middle class consumers are often found living in condominium, executive condominium, and apartments relatively more expensive than normal HDB flats. Driving mid-range cars or taking taxis to transport them to destinations. Whereas, the lower middle class are commonly seen living in four to five room HDB flats, taking public transport as means of transportation. However, these groups of consumers are trying to replicate the upper class’s lifestyle, though may not be able to afford luxurious lifestyle, they compensate by going to neighbourhood wet markets to shop groceries and buy clothes from neighbourhood shopping malls, working harder with extra job and get into small investments, so that they can afford occasional of indulgence of designer labels and holiday at luxurious resort hotels.