Essays on Materialism

Materialism “I can tell you, as I’m sitting here dying, when you most need it, neither money nor power will give you the feeling you’re looking for, no matter how much of them you have.” (Pg. 125) “But giving to other people is what makes…

We are living in a world where it is more important to own an iPhone 11, than to have a plate of food in our homes. Lars Eighner and Anna Quindlen have both written personal essays about consumerism and materialism. In Eigner’s personal essay “On…

American’s have become so materialistic that they have lost touch with what really matters in life. Understanding why we think the more stuff we acquire, the happier we will be is truly puzzling. We work long hours to not only pay for the essential things…

Humans seek balance throughout their lives, both physically and mentally in order to find comfort. This is our reality. You may never have the whole of one without, at the very least, the part of another, otherwise, there is imbalance. You may never have light…

Thoreau appears to write with a stronger stance on opposing materialism and conforment; I consequently tend to disagree with him more compared to Emerson. I personally believe that material objects are vital to a fulfilling, efficient life and are a sign of success; one is…

The Great Gatsby: An Analysis In the 1920s many Americans began using credit, and buying and becoming very materialistic, and losing their spirit and identity. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby the characters are all engulfed in the world of materialism, and believe that…

American Consumerism In August Wilson’s play, The Piano Lesson, his characters dance with the memories of a ghost, and flirt with thoughts of murder and theft, as Wilson dramatizes the nature of the cultural depiction of a family in 1936’s Pittsburg. Through Wilson’s common, yet…

Materalism and Idealism Materalism and Idealism are two philosophical ideas that have provided more questions than answers in the interim of the universe and the birth of our world. Materialism pits the mind’s focus on the so-called ‘real’ and tangible things of this Earth; those…

Have you ever ask yourself if what you have define who you truly are? Most people have asked themselves this same question over and over. Materialism as Twitchell says in his essay “Two Cheers for Materialism” is not always bad, but to me it depends…