Consumerism, Americanised Compared to the Gods Must Be Crazy
Thesis – we become dissatisfied with consumerism
Consumerism is the parephrenalia that is known to some and unknown to others. No matter what cultural background we come from every person has consumed in one form or another. Its how people deal with the products which bring individuals into the cycle of consumerism. The americanised consuming environment, and the way humans are components of a destructive consumerist. Bruce Dawes poems show that that is the way of consumerism and it will never change, whereas The Gods Must Be Crazy emphasises that we don’t need consumption in our lives to survive, that it only brings anger and jealousy to those family members and friends around us. So to what length can we really resist the force of consumerism, individuals have to become dissatisfied with consumerism before it draws a person to far in.
No matter who we are, conumerism will always be alongside us for the entire journey of life. Individuals need the simple necessities to survive, Its how people percieve the temptation of consumerism and how they might be able to withstand it. In Bruce Dawes peom Americanised, the mother (consumerism) is stating that the world outside of where she controls is dangerous, ‘she loves him… but will not allow him out’ in this line the hyperbole is stating the fact that the whole world is outside in the street, and that little boy that she has trapped in her arms cannot get outside. The boy cannot resist the temptation so he is trapped! In the gods must be Crazy the kids are free to do what they like, they make games from what they find from nature at th very beginning of the movie, it is the smplest yet healthiest of lifestyles. When they see the plane flying through the sky, the use of narrative perspective tells the audience that its a strange object even though the audience knows of that technology.
Consumerism is addictive once you’ve had a taste, its hard not to have another,. The line “she loves him…’ from the
Consumerism is the parephrenalia that is known to some and unknown to others. No matter what cultural background we come from every person has consumed in one form or another. Its how people deal with the products which bring individuals into the cycle of consumerism. The americanised consuming environment, and the way humans are components of a destructive consumerist. Bruce Dawes poems show that that is the way of consumerism and it will never change, whereas The Gods Must Be Crazy emphasises that we don’t need consumption in our lives to survive, that it only brings anger and jealousy to those family members and friends around us. So to what length can we really resist the force of consumerism, individuals have to become dissatisfied with consumerism before it draws a person to far in.
No matter who we are, conumerism will always be alongside us for the entire journey of life. Individuals need the simple necessities to survive, Its how people percieve the temptation of consumerism and how they might be able to withstand it. In Bruce Dawes peom Americanised, the mother (consumerism) is stating that the world outside of where she controls is dangerous, ‘she loves him… but will not allow him out’ in this line the hyperbole is stating the fact that the whole world is outside in the street, and that little boy that she has trapped in her arms cannot get outside. The boy cannot resist the temptation so he is trapped! In the gods must be Crazy the kids are free to do what they like, they make games from what they find from nature at th very beginning of the movie, it is the smplest yet healthiest of lifestyles. When they see the plane flying through the sky, the use of narrative perspective tells the audience that its a strange object even though the audience knows of that technology.
Consumerism is addictive once you’ve had a taste, its hard not to have another,. The line “she loves him…’ from the