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The Good Life, Global Capitalism, Lying to Benefactor, Infidelity/ lack of…
The Good Life
Ethics
A Small Place In this story Kincaid talks about her experience growing up in Antigua after years of colonization and tourism has reduced the nation to what it is today. The story showcases the effects that global capitalism and the colonialization can have on the people who live in the nation permanently
The Dispossessed This science fiction novel tells the story about two different planets with two different forms of government that are fighting both with eachother and with their own inhabitants. The story touches on the flaws in both capitalism and communism/socialismand leaves it up to the reader to decide which of the two planets they would rather inhabit rather than like most books about the topic that make you pick one, usally being capitalism.
Life and Debt The movie tells us the story of the country of Jamaica and how it has been turned into a tourist attraction from the predatory loans from the IMF. This show of global capitalism shows the viewers what happens when a country is only looked at for profit and is disregarded in every other aspect such as tradition and culture. The film talks about how cool running is one of the few times where Jamaica is shown in a good light in the film and how this is manipulated to make the Olympics look better.
Antigone This play talks about the ethics of defying the laws of the Gods and the rights of the dead. The story raises questions of who should be honored, what rules should everyone follow, and how people who break those rules should be treated. This relates to the good life because we see how a person lives their life and how it will affect how they are remembered. The way the debate plays out and the way the King has more say is similar to how in capitalist structures those with more money have more power and therefore more say in ethical matter
Status
A Raisin in The Sun
This story centers around a Black family deciding what to do with the life insurance money of the matriarchs husband. While the oldest son thinks that investing in a liquor store would be in the family's best interest, the grandmother decides that paying for medical school and a house in a predominantly white area to make progress.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The novel about Changez starts by telling us that a Pakistani immigrant who got a fantastic job after graduating from an Ivy League university. Yet as the story progresses, we realize that Changez is doing evil work of a global capitalist agenda and quits his job. The story ends with him longing for the return of his lost lover and attaining a new status as teacher and role model in his home country of Pakistan.
Madame Bovary This book tells the story of a woman who is never truly satisfied with what's going in her married life and resorts to constant spending and adultery to feel something. She is rather spends the novel thinking too much about living life of luxury that she has multiple affairs and falls into debt after lucrative spending. In her attempt to feel more rich she ends up falling into debt and everyone sees her for who she really is. She ends up taking her life and leaving her husband in despair, showing the readers the danger of living a life too fast.
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Wealth
The Great Gatsby is a text that embodies vast wealth and recognition, while at the same time deconstructing the "American Dream" as a façade that can only truly achieved by a select few no matter the amount of money they have. The story wrestles with class consciences as well as the complete lack of ethics the main characters have, cheating on their spouses and getting away with murderer.
Parasite This film tells the story of a poor family who systematically infiltrates a rich families house in order to enjoy the lavishes of rich life, but all the meanwhile have to endure the infantile treatment of their employer family. The movie deals with class consciousness and how money gives the richer family the moral right to decide who should be grateful and who is most deserving of their money, essential putting them in charge of the poorer family.
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Two distinct classes, one ruling over the other
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