Rational Shopper Analysis

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Life can not be lived without love. This is the way the human race has begun to look at happiness and life. Society looks at lust, marriage, and love as a packaged deal and the key essentials to fulfilling the short years on Earth. Throughout these seemingly short years, each person experiences certain events and feelings that shapes them into the person they become by death. Each individual in society has their own way to approach this freshly developed social norm based on those experiences and lessons formed early on. From those experiences, an individual can become one of two types: a rational shopper or a hopeless romantic. A rational shopper is the type of person looking for the kind of love that comes from marrying the most convenient …show more content…

In fact, I became the average westernized cultured individual who “dates just for the sake of dating,” as written by Anita Jain in her New York Times blog Is Arranged Marriage Really Any Worse Than Craigslist. Jain writes about not being too critical of westernized culture when first arriving to the United States until she became older. When she aged, she realized that men and women were picky or would date for far too many years without deciding if marriage was an option for their relationship. She compares this to her Indian culture, which believes love comes from marriage. Her culture consists of being a rational shopper. The marriage benefits the members of the partnership and their families as well. It is a commitment that will guide them through the many aspects of their future that is yet to be …show more content…

In Crimes and Misdemeanors, one of the two main characters, Clifford falls hopelessly in love with a rational shopper, Halley, while still married to his wife. He is a hopeless romantic, but he is left heartbroken and alone by the end of the movie. The other main character, Judah, is a rational shopper married to another rational shopper. He starts an affair with Dolores, a hopeless romantic, but, desperate to save his marriage, Judah has Dolores killed before she can tell his wife, Miriam. Judah, being the rational shopper, has a supportive wife, a good group of friends, a successful career, and he was able to get away with murder. Clifford, on the other hand, ends up with no job, no girl, and the feeling of hopelessness. Clifford gave up everything to be with the woman who decided to follow her rational shopper instincts. The mind and body work together to provide the feelings of love. Judah was able to find the woman that was beneficial to his success and then he fell in love with her. Marrying Judah provided Miriam with the opportunity of success. After her first failed marriage, Halley shied away from her instincts to settle down with Clifford and, instead, decided the successful TV personality Lester would be the most beneficial to the rest of her life. Neither of the rational shoppers in this movie were left heartbroken by the

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