In Persuasion As A Rat Trap
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The world - a rat trap. A rat trap, is what one would define as a simple instrument designed to trap mice with the use of bait. The world, as one may see it, can be defined as an elaborate rat trap: all the luxuries, privileges, resources - baits - offered by the world lure those foolish enough to possess materialistic life goals. In “Jon”, one of the short stories in George Saunders’ In Persuasion Nation, “the facility” (Saunders, 23) represents the world which provides “the Assessors” (Saunders, 48) with resources including food, clothing, shelter, fame; everything an individual would need to live a comfortable life. The Assessors, including Jon, hold their materialistic goals of comfort, basic amenities, and personal and social recognition …show more content…
This confusion along with their level of interchangeability, often influences people into making the wrong choices, until they realize that in fact, their wants are and have always been what they truly need. There exists a thin line which differentiates what a person wants and what he needs: a want is a desire - a wish - for something, whereas a need is something one has to have in order to survive. What a person fails to realize - like Jon - is that one cannot live his life with only his needs, in fact, there is a need for fulfillment of wants for a person to be content with life. Jon, like most of the other Assessors, focuses on the fulfillment of his needs (though petty and materialistic), and often places them before his wants. He chooses his life in the facility - which fulfilled his needs - over the life which he may have had with Carolyn in the real world “Outside” - which he truly wanted. The facility needed Jon (and the Assessors), and not the other way around. Yes, the life in the facility is full of privileges, resources, fame and status, social life, and respect, but it has a devastating impact on self-confidence, on taking initiative, on individualism: on identity. It is as if, in our heads it always makes sense, but later when we look back, we sometimes realize how big a mistake we have made. This moment of realization where Jon realizes that his …show more content…
It is this notion which gives the capitalists the opportunity and the means to exploit people in the society, through their wants and needs for an easy, nonchalant lifestyle. The problem arises when we start seeing these capitalists as saviors - as rescuers, and sometimes even incarnations of God - who save the people under them, from the hardened, miserable, and volatile life which they may have lead otherwise. It is at this moment where we commit our biggest mistake: put in our trust, faith and our life in the hands of these capitalists. They hardwire such people - make them feel like a prince, where in reality all they are, are peasants being manipulated and controlled to fulfill the personal objectives of these capitalists. It is in moments like these, where a person must realize, that all these comforts - these resources, these status privileges, the capitalists trust in them - are all but ‘baits’, intricately thought of and designed to ‘lure’ an individual into the trap from which - despite tremendous efforts - if caught, it is extremely difficult to escape from. It is, in moments like these, where one must develop and possess the mental
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the world is an elaborate rat trap, where the luxuries, privileges, and resources lure those foolish enough to possess materialistic life goals.
- Analyzes how an orderly structured society does not allow an individual to grow and flourish. it uses drugs, brainwashing, artificial memories, and preconceived templates to form a plethora of ‘standardized’ people.
- Analyzes how the "location indicators" and artificial memories are profoundly used to "lure" workers into the grasp of the facility owners.
- Analyzes how the world is an elaborate rat trap, where the luxuries, privileges, and resources lure those foolish enough to possess materialistic life goals.
- Analyzes how an orderly structured society does not allow an individual to grow and flourish. it uses drugs, brainwashing, artificial memories, and preconceived templates to form a plethora of ‘standardized’ people.
- Analyzes how the "location indicators" and artificial memories are profoundly used to "lure" workers into the grasp of the facility owners.
- Analyzes how the facility uses the concept of a 'home' as bait to keep the workers entranced by the fact, that they are indeed safe and sound.
- Explains that capitalism blurs personal and professional identity, causing a confusion between wants and needs.
- Opines that capitalists exploit people in society through their wants and needs for an easy, nonchalant lifestyle. they make people feel like peasants being manipulated to fulfill their personal objectives.
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- Analyzes how marx's logic is flawed when he looks at the ideals of the people. he believes that the proletariat will all come together and throw a drastic revolution to completely change their social structure.
- Explains that marx and engels believed that society should be changed revolutionarily to a world of communism.
- Analyzes how karl marx and friedrich engels wrote the communist manifesto in 1848. the manifesto explains their view of the world both intellectually and politically.
1573 wordsRead More - Marx Marx, And The Main Tenets Of Marxismeanalytical essayAccording to Marx, the key to understanding the social reality is not found in abstract ideas, but in the factories or in the coal mines, where workers carry out the duties that are beyond the limitations of humanity, to prevent themselves from dying of starvation, in which the unemployed people find dignity as a human being because there is no way aside from it. The capitalist is
In this essay, the author
- Explains that workers are alienated from productive activities, but also from the purpose of these activities-products, because the result of their work is a private property of the capitalists.
- Argues that the key to understanding the social reality is not found in abstract ideas, but in the factories or in coal mines, where workers carry out duties beyond the limitations of humanity, to prevent themselves from dying of starvation.
- Explains that marx discovered the core of the commodity in the capitalist society. the proletariat is the workers who exploit their work and do not have their own means of production.
- Explains that workers are alienated from productive activities, but also from the purpose of these activities-products, because the result of their work is a private property of the capitalists.
- Argues that the key to understanding the social reality is not found in abstract ideas, but in the factories or in coal mines, where workers carry out duties beyond the limitations of humanity, to prevent themselves from dying of starvation.
- Explains that marx discovered the core of the commodity in the capitalist society. the proletariat is the workers who exploit their work and do not have their own means of production.
- Analyzes how marx's surplus value is defined as the difference of the value product when it is sold and the elements used to make these products.
- Explains that marx's bourgeois class is a special name for the capitalists in the modern economy, whereas the proletariat is an example of the real contradictions material.
- Analyzes how marx's theory of labor and human nature is distorted by capitalism. the individual who experienced alienation in capitalist society is the basic focus of mark analysis.
- Analyzes how marx's dialectical approach emphasizes the contradiction between desire and force with the work of the actual social conditions under capitalism.
1345 wordsRead More - Health or Wealthanalytical essayThere are many structures on which capitalism is built and a few of the most core principles are the ones that are most destructive. The tenets of individualism, efficiency, profit maximization and consumerism can be found at the heart of many of the most damaging practices of today’s world. Since they are main pillars of the capitalist marketplace, they are very pervasive and have become widespread, standard practices and ways of thinking.
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- Argues that the capitalist view of efficiency is another culprit in the devastation of the world's natural resources.
- Opines that profit-maximization should be rethought since the market has little or no capacity to reflect the true cost of environmental degradation.
- Analyzes how helga moss' conclusion about the state of our society is that we have turned to a consumerist lifestyle.
- Argues that the capitalist view of efficiency is another culprit in the devastation of the world's natural resources.
- Opines that profit-maximization should be rethought since the market has little or no capacity to reflect the true cost of environmental degradation.
- Analyzes how helga moss' conclusion about the state of our society is that we have turned to a consumerist lifestyle.
- Argues that capitalism has provided many with prosperity unlike that of any other time, but there is plenty of room for arguments about the resulting quality of life. systems of thought and action that have persisted since the dawn of time are being destroyed.
- Argues that market forces have shaped the relationship between humans and their environment since the dawn of time. the tenets of individualism, efficiency, profit maximization and consumerism are at the heart of many of the most damaging practices of today's world.
1340 wordsRead More - Major Theories Of Communismanalytical essayMarx’s diagnosis of capitalism can help us to identify the problems of capitalism and therefore reform it to make it better. One of the biggest problems Marx had with capitalism was that workers get paid little while the capitalists get rich (Marx 9). Capitalists shrink the wages of laborers as much as possible so they will be able to get a higher profit (9). This is evident in Western society as income inequality has been dramatically increasing since the 1990’s in many countries. For example, Americans in the top 0.1 percent average over 184 times more income than the bottom 90 percent of American workers (Inequality). This is a serious problem that needs to be addressed. In addition, Marx also argues that capitalist systems are very unstable and are characterized by frequent financial crises. Evidence of this is supported by 2008 financial crisis that heavily impacted the world economy. Even though capitalism has allowed the world economy to flourish, it has also increased the sensitivity of other countries’ economies to financial crises around the world (Lotta 31). Marx was a brilliant man and was fully aware of the many problems of capitalism however, his greatest fault was that he had no idea how to go about fixing
In this essay, the author
- Explains that marxism is a combination of economic, social, and political theories that aimed to provide an alternative to capitalism.
- Analyzes how the fall of the soviet union is a great example for the failure of communism and marxist ideology.
- Argues that marxism's tenet of fair redistribution of land and production makes it unsuitable for the 21st century.
- Explains that marxism is a combination of economic, social, and political theories that aimed to provide an alternative to capitalism.
- Analyzes how the fall of the soviet union is a great example for the failure of communism and marxist ideology.
- Argues that marxism's tenet of fair redistribution of land and production makes it unsuitable for the 21st century.
- Explains that countries that practiced communism in the 20th century have embraced capitalism as they entered the 21st century.
- Analyzes how marx's diagnosis of capitalism can help us identify the problems that a capitalist system brings to society.
- Opines that marxism has not been able to stand the test of time. it is volatile and dangerous as its misinterpretation has caused millions of deaths.
1635 wordsRead More - The Story Of The Rat And His Greedanalytical essayThis is the story of the rat and his greed. People take the short road, and miss out on opportunities. They try and cut through life like it is a board game. People that have the patience, and put in the time, get what they expected, and more.
In this essay, the author
- Describes the story of the rat and his greed. people take the short road, and miss out on opportunities. they try and cut through life like it is a board game.
- Explains that the rat's obsession with money was what ruined him. he lost his wife, and custody of his kids. the cat, his arch enemy, was the only thing that had the same want for money.
- Narrates how fred loved money, and it was the only thing he strived for.
- Describes the story of the rat and his greed. people take the short road, and miss out on opportunities. they try and cut through life like it is a board game.
- Explains that the rat's obsession with money was what ruined him. he lost his wife, and custody of his kids. the cat, his arch enemy, was the only thing that had the same want for money.
- Narrates how fred loved money, and it was the only thing he strived for.
- Narrates how dinglebob was the only thing that matched his greed, and the one obstacle standing in his way. the relationship between them was one-sided.
- Analyzes how the rat eavesdrops on the feline, and the greed overcomes him. the project that could take years, he could get done in a month.
- Narrates how the rat had the biggest project real estate project ever to be heard of in the city. he needed to build it faster than his enemy. dinglebob was the driving force in his project.
- Narrates how the rat was confident that if he could beat dinglebob, everything would be okay, no matter the cost.
- Narrates how fred thwarts dinglebob's tower, which he awaited one month for.
- Narrates how fred cuts to red velvet rope with a swift swing, as he cuts it, the clunk of rubble lands behind him, and looks up to see the rest of the tower falling with it.
- Analyzes how fred berry was determined to beat dinglebob's tower, which ended up breaking world records for being the biggest and safest tower on earth.
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