The Impact Of Black Friday On American Symbols, Values And Interests

On September 11, 2001 four passenger commercial jet airliners were hijacked and as a result approximately 3,000 human lives were lost. When asked about 9/11, many can recall exactly what they were doing when they heard the news that a plane crashed into one of the World Trade Center (WTC) buildings and many Americans can tell you how it all unfolded and the reason behind such a travesty. The “official story” provided by officials, and restated by Sofia Shafquat, producer of “9/11 Mysteries: Demolitions” say that “four passenger planes were hijacked and taken radically off course, within an hour, two of the planes had flown into the enormous steel towers of the World Trade Center, creating fires and eventually toppling them” (Shafquat).

September 11th, 2001 was a very traumatic time for the United States. On that day planes were hijacked and flown into the World Trade Center and caused the Twin Towers to collapse (“11 Facts”). Along with the Twin Towers collapsing, the Pentagon building in Washington, DC was hit with a plane and another plane crashed down near Shanksville, Pennsylvania (“11 Facts”). On United Flight 93, the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania, passengers became aware of the hijacking and tried to fight the hijackers to regain control of the plane (“11 Facts”). So many people were killed and within all those people, several of them were either police officers or fire fighters (“11

September 11, 2001, was a day that started like any other day. Businessmen and women went for another day of work; while, children went to school for another day of learning. However, before the morning of people's everyday lives could begin a tragic event occurred! The incident of September 11, 2001, was a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda, in the United States (“9/11”). Their plan was to hijack and control four commercial aircraft and use them as suicide weapons to target symbolic U.S. landmarks.

In the year of 2001 there were many events happening locally, nationally, and internationally. On January 2, 2001 there was a man in the Toledo area found dead in his house around 2am. The victim’s mother said there had even company over earlier before the incident happened, but this source doesn't say how it happened or who did it (“ToledoBlade.com”). The international event in 2001 as everyone knows is 9/11. Islamic fundamentalist terrorists hijack four U.S airliners and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York City. The attack of two planes levels the World Trade Center and the crash of one plane inflicts serious damage to the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, causing nearly 3,000 deaths. The fourth plane is heroically crashed

On September 11th, 2001, or better known as “9/11”, several men who were supposedly linked to the terrorist group of al-Qaeda, hijacked 4 commercial jetliners with destined targets aimed at several buildings associating with our country’s government and economy. These attacks were all located in New York, and the most notable, most remembered, was the World Trade Center. Both towers that fell resulted in over 2,600 deaths from in and around the buildings. Along with this were the planes that struck the buildings which resulted in 147 additional deaths. To add up the numbers even more, nearly 60 more people were in the plane that hit the Pentagon, another target of the attacks, which held 125 deaths inside the building itself. The fourth plane, Flight 93, contained 40 more brave souls which defended a fourth target located in Washington.

On, the morning of september 11, something terrible happened. People went to work in New York as they usually did. My job was in the world trade center. I arrived a little late to a meeting, and i thought it would be my biggest problem. Boy, was i wrong.

Christmas time. Christmas time brings wonder and hope to children. The main component to this wonder and hope is for a mythical being called Santa Claus. This Santa Claus comes in the night and brings “good little children” toys. In reality the parents do. With this combination and the thought we have to give this, this, and this person something different, sentimental, and special gifts the sales were definitely a game changer to people. We could get gifts way cheaper and early. Once stores relied “hey we can take advantage of this movement” the sales have taken over our lives made the even inhuman. In the article “Black Friday: Consumerism minus Civilization he mentions this exact theory. The holiday has become a lot earlier, the shopping

Do you know what one of the most tragic events of America’s history is? On September 11, 2001 at 8:46 AM two hijacked planes crashed into both the North Tower of the World trade center.An hour before people had come to the World Trade center and in seconds they had died, leaving families torn, and maybe even never whole again.

On the morning of September 11th, 2001 at 8:45am a hijacked plane stuck the first building of the World Trade Center causing the building to go up in flames and viciously forcing out the citizens who occupied it at that time. Just over an hour later a second hijacked plane crashed into the second building, having the same effect. Another tragic event took place at 11:26am when a third plane collided into a ration of the Pentagon in Washington, DC. The day of September 11th, nearly 3,000 people lost their life. There are many different views and opinions about what happened on the cold disturbing day of September 11th. The media led and continues to leads the residents of the United States to believe that this was an act of terrorism and

September 11, 2001 was a date where the world would change forever. In the morning of September 11, 2001, two full sized 767 Boeing passenger airplanes were hijacked and crashed directly into the admirably tall 110 story buildings at the World Trade Center in New York. The buildings that were damaged early in the morning proceeded to collapse at free fall speed immediately after the impact of each individual plane into the towers. There were also two more passenger planes hijacked that same day. One of the other two planes was directed into the United States heart of self-defense which was The Pentagon. The other plane crashed in the middle of an open field in Pennsylvania. This is one major event in the span of American history because it deals with the security of a powerful nation. It also affects the social and political stand point of a large amount of American voters. That is why this incident that killed over 3,000 people leads us to ask all the big questions; what really happened on 9/11? And why?

I am glad you chose Black Friday for the topic of your post. Whenever I think of Black Friday, I cringe. I think using a relativist’s perspective is the easiest way to understand why Black Friday is so popular. Relativism asserts that an act can only be defined as deviant if the person witnessing the behavior believes that it is deviant (Adler & Adler, 2016). Deviance, in this example, is dependent on how you view Black Friday. For me, I see Black Friday as a day where all social norms disappear. For instance, common folkways like opening a door for someone, or waiting patiently in line becomes irrelevant. It is considered more normal to trample the person in front of you, and it is not unheard of to read that someone was shot over a “Tickle

September 11, 2001 was a Tuesday and changed air transportation as we know it. This devastating day in history was when a total of four American Airlines airplanes were hijacked. Most collided with important United States buildings. The first two planes intentionally collided with each of the Twin Towers in New York. Shortly after, the third plane hit the Pentagon in Virginia. Amazingly, the passengers on the fourth plane gained control of the plane and never allowed it to collide with a building. As a result, they suffered a crash landing in an open field in Pennsylvania. That day in history, now referred to as 9-11, had a major impact on international, domestic, commercial, and private air travel because it illustrated something had to be changed in regards to safety and security issues.

Black Friday, it is a time to spend with your family, go out shopping to all your favorite stores and best of all it’s time to blow through all the money you have saved throughout the year. But it’s also the day after Thanksgiving, you know? The holiday that we celebrate what we are thankful for and to forget about material things for a little bit? Lets not forget the death toll of Black Friday, in the rush to get to all the deals there have been several injuries and even some deaths. But everyone just has to get those deals right?

Today many people will have the chance to get a jump on their Christmas shopping and to buy up things for a lot less than regular price. The term “Black Friday” came about in the 60s. It referred to when the stores moved from the “red” to the “black” in the days when all records of accounts were made by hand. If something was listed in red that indicated a loss and if it was listed in black then a profit had been made. Now we all know for sure that stores will be making big profits this Friday therefore for them it really will be Black Friday. Back in 1924 when the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade began the Friday after Thanksgiving became known as the unofficial start to the Christmas shopping season.

Since the 1960s, consumers have been waking up during the early morning hours the day after Thanksgiving to score the lowest prices of the year. Black Friday kicks off the Christmas shopping season, with prices so low people get into physical fights in hopes of grabbing the last item. But has Black Friday ran its course? Many analyst seem to think that Black Friday will have very little importance in the upcoming years, and I would have to agree with them. Although I do believe that the weekend after Thanksgiving will always be a little busier than any other weekend, I believe the urgency consumers feel to wake up at 3 a.m. on Black Friday to snag the best deals will eventually cease to exist.