Shames‚ "The More Factor” In “The More Factor” Laurence Shames‚ attempts to make a connection between the perceived attitude of most Americans that “More is better” and “frontierism” in American history. He describes the “More Factor” as the acquisition of things such as more land and more money. He compares this attitude of acquisition to European countries that have an opposite view of the meaning of what a frontier is. He expresses his feelings that the American attitude of growth and expansion
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Greed is a voracious need for more‚ and to some‚ more is never enough. In Laurence Shames’ article‚ “The More factor”‚ the concept of growth and wanting more is dubbed as insidious because Americans are shown as being exceedingly greedy to satisfy their own ends instead of promoting widespread growth. Such satisfaction must take advantage of new ‘frontiers’ to profit from as old markets tend to decline in profits. American views of an unending frontier‚ opportunity‚ and more have always been a part of
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In “The More Factor‚” Laurence Shames tells that Americans are “running out of more”(59) that was so abundant during the expansion of the United States. This essay was written in the context of the growing idea of the American dream throughout the history of the United States‚ and its effect on the economy. Shames intended audience for this essay is towards people with a higher education level or to anyone who is interested in the ideas of the foundation of the U.S. One purpose of this essay is
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“The More Factor”: The Final Frontier – Fact or Fiction In the essay “The More Factor‚” author Laurence Shames honestly presents the backstory of America in desperate need of more. Shames begins with an illustration from the 1880s‚ in which large amounts of land in Texas would be developed into towns with unnecessary accessories. After building the towns‚ most residents would move on‚ but some would stay to appear as current residents for a census to determine the variety of a city. Afterwards
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In The More Factor author Laurence Shames explains that Americas fascination of wanting as much of everything as possible has played a key role in building this nations character and has been evident through Americas short history. Laurence Shames claims that the so called "ethic of decency" has been absent in the American way of life and replaced by an "ethic of success". While Shames has a valid point‚ I consider the lack of emphasis on decency and contentment in America a positive
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10_1726.pdf “SHAME” "Shame” is defined as a painful feeling caused by a sense of guilt‚ shortcoming‚ impropriety; dishonor or disgrace. This painful emotion can come from either external sources such as the people around us or from internal sources such as our conscience. In the story "Shame‚" author Dick Gregory describes his experiences with both externally and internally motivated shame. The shame Dick Gregory experiences as a young child was externally motivated shame. Before the incident
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Shame Reading comprehension 1. A 2. D 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. True 7. A 8. B 9. B 10. B Critical reading and discussion 1. Gregory means by these two statements that although his home life was one of poverty and want ‚his home was not a place to learn shame and hatred .But at school ‚which should be a positive environment ‚he learned these inhumane values .the ironic statements interests the reader to want to know more about what Gregory means. 2. Gregory seems to
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American Culture In The More Factor‚ by Laurence Shames‚ it is explained that the wholly American views of unending frontier‚ opportunity‚ and more have always been a part of who we are as a people. Over time these ideals and their growth have shifted from that of the physical world to that of economic expansion. Eventually society was faced with the realization that this growth is not sustainable‚ and that we must face this truth in order to reevaluate and shift our values to a more realistic view. I
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Several international organizations have commented on various methods of execution‚ condoning them or calling for more humane treatment where the death penalty is used. The Safeguards Guaranteeing Protection of the Rights of Those Facing the Death Penalty provides that “where capital punishment occurs‚ it shall be carried out so as to inflict the minimum possible suffering.” Moreover‚ in its General Comment 20‚ the Committee recognized that when the death penalty is imposed‚ it must be carried
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“Your Only Shame is to Have Shame” Every individual in this world faces some type of problem through out their lives‚ and everyone overcomes them in different ways. People sometimes release their stress and problems through writing what they feel‚ and by writing they feel they go somewhere else. Amy Tan‚ a Chinese American‚ struggled with her true identity which influence her works which mainly focus on identity‚ the Chinese American dream‚ and family struggles. Amy Tan had a childhood full of ups
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