The Perception of Money
Perception of Money
(Wealth)
(WS/SS 2012)
Lawrence Diedrich
Department of Business Languages
Catholic University of Eichstätt Ingolstadt
Submitted by:
Name: Charity Shamboko
Matriculation: 639509
E-mail: Charityshams@yahoo.com
Date of Submission: 10th February, 2013
Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Money in movies 4 3. Money in books 5 4. Money in music 6 5. Religion; 7 5.1 Christianity 5.2 Judaism 5.3 Islam
6. Conclusion 9 7. Bibliography 10
Introduction
Many would argue on the role money plays in life. It goes beyond being our legal tender, as most economists would call it. It becomes more than just a means to acquire our basic necessities. This would be for those who only see it that way. Money has been written about in many books, portrayed as a motive for most evils in the world. For every murder one first assumption if the victim is rich is that he or she was killed for money. There is just an obsession over money everywhere, movies, music and even books. The media is constantly reminding us what our countries owe or what they are giving away. Money has been seen as a status symbol; the more you have the more powerful and respected you are. In this paper, the discussion will be based on these influential parts of life such as movies, books, music and of course the three main religions’ opinion on money; Christianity, Judaism and Buddhism.
Interestingly humans have gone from surviving on the basics such as food, water and shelter, the more goods are available to us the more we want to buy what we may not need subsequently making us yearn to earn an extra dollar. Some people’s motivation to earn that extra dollar is to get more things they need while for others it is for
(Wealth)
(WS/SS 2012)
Lawrence Diedrich
Department of Business Languages
Catholic University of Eichstätt Ingolstadt
Submitted by:
Name: Charity Shamboko
Matriculation: 639509
E-mail: Charityshams@yahoo.com
Date of Submission: 10th February, 2013
Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Money in movies 4 3. Money in books 5 4. Money in music 6 5. Religion; 7 5.1 Christianity 5.2 Judaism 5.3 Islam
6. Conclusion 9 7. Bibliography 10
Introduction
Many would argue on the role money plays in life. It goes beyond being our legal tender, as most economists would call it. It becomes more than just a means to acquire our basic necessities. This would be for those who only see it that way. Money has been written about in many books, portrayed as a motive for most evils in the world. For every murder one first assumption if the victim is rich is that he or she was killed for money. There is just an obsession over money everywhere, movies, music and even books. The media is constantly reminding us what our countries owe or what they are giving away. Money has been seen as a status symbol; the more you have the more powerful and respected you are. In this paper, the discussion will be based on these influential parts of life such as movies, books, music and of course the three main religions’ opinion on money; Christianity, Judaism and Buddhism.
Interestingly humans have gone from surviving on the basics such as food, water and shelter, the more goods are available to us the more we want to buy what we may not need subsequently making us yearn to earn an extra dollar. Some people’s motivation to earn that extra dollar is to get more things they need while for others it is for
References: Don Delillo, Cosmopolis, (2003) Theodore Dreiser, The Financier, (1912) F.Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, (1925) The Bible, King James Version, (1611) Oliver Stone, Wall Street, (1987) Aloe Blacc, I Need A Dollar, (2010) Jewish View of Money, Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, (Aug 7, 2004) http://www.aish.com/jl/i/fw/Jewish_View_of_Money.html Christian View of Money, CATHERINE RAMPELL, (Feb 12, 2010)