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Pathos dominates the article when Ehrenreich allows her nephews mother in law, grandchildren, and daughter to move into her house. The situation focuses on pathos because in Ehrenreich’s personal story she includes that “Peg, was, like several million other Americans, about to lose her home to foreclosure” (338). She is effective in her writing by appealing to the readers’ emotions through visual concepts and personal experiences. When I read the article, I felt emotional because the working poor are not fortunate to know if they will have a house or food the next day. I agree with Ehrenreich in which the poor are as important as the wealthy group who get more recognition.
The book I read was Empty Mansions by Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell, Jr. Empty Mansions is a biography telling the rags to riches tale of William Andrews Clark, a man who grew up in a log cabin and worked his way to a glorious mansion on Fifth Avenue. Throughout the biography, Dedman and Clark share the faded and forgotten memory American entrepreneur and politician, William Andrews Clark. While some historical figures in American History such as Martin Luther King Jr., Abraham Lincoln, and George Washington are remembered by all, and even cherished through national holidays, other figures’ legacies are not so celebrated.
Danny Schechter wrote Investigating the Nation’s Exploding Credit Squeeze, two years before the 2008 world crisis. It is said that only true crisis can lead to change, an explanation to why so many people ignored the signs. Everyone is a target to the credit industry, not only the poor or middle classes. In a consumption driven culture, it is impossible not to spend your money and get into debt. Products seem fairly cheap, companies are always suggesting that you are making “a great bargain”, “buy two and one free” and it seems that everything is always “on sale” (Schechter 357).
French Chateau architecture was popularized in America between 1880 and 1910 by Richard Morris Hunt who was inspired by the style of the 16th century castles and mansions of France when he studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His architecture, inspired by the 15th and 17th century country estates of French nobility and royalty, is rare and found predominantly in the Northeast, having been commissioned by the extremely wealthy. The Biltmore Estate, a 178,000 square foot private residence with 250 rooms, is the largest home in America and the most recognizable and beloved example of Chateauesque architecture. Commissioned by George Washington Vanderbilt in 1895, the Biltmore is still family owned, and was recently voted one of America’s
“Qu 'est-ce que le tiers état”/ “What Is the Third Estate” by Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyes was one of the French Revolution’s most momentous and prominent political texts, shaping the course of events in 1789. It is a pamphlet structured around three hypothetical questions and Sieyes responses. These questions are: What is the third estate? Everything.
In Holtzman Chapter 3, I found it interesting how the author points out that the poorest neighborhoods, example used being Compton, CA, will have more than triple the interest rates on a short term loan than that of a not so poor neighborhood. My reaction when reading this was one of sadness, but also one of anger as I thought of a few things. You would think first off that the poorest neighborhoods would have mostly state government housing (here in South Dakota it is called Section 8 housing) to where things like a home loan wouldn’t be needed, but then you would also think there would be rules on this lending practice that would make it illegal for someone to jack up the interest rates on a home? I also enjoyed reading the section where the author used different phrases from John Scalzi to bring home the point that we don’t always understand what the poor goes through, and sometimes maybe it is even hard for us to describe.
It's undeniable that people become trapped in cycles of debt, but this also applies to traditional loans, credit cards, auto financing and home mortgages. The banking industry's mistakes during the mortgage crisis of 2008 are well-documented, but attacking the payday loan industry refocuses consumer outrage against traditional lenders to an easy-to-attack scapegoat: payday lenders. Regular New Yorkers -- which includes students, veterans, retirees and people who've made a few mistakes managing their credit --
McPike Mansion is located in Alton, Ill, and was built in 1869 by Lucas Pfeiffenberger. Its original owner was Henry McPike, then was later on owned by Paul Laichinger and he had sold the rooms out as an inn. The house is now owned by Sharyn & George Luedke, and they do give tours and they are trying to fix it up to get it to look as if it did before. There are many different haunting and places in the house they say things happen. they say the main thing they have noticed is they see ghost hunters, tour guides, and tour groups around the house.
From 2 - 5 Players / Ages 15 + Object: Be the first player to reach the Million Dollar Mansion at the end of the social stratification sidewalk by landing on the gold space at the end of the path. Contents: Gameboard 5 Different Millionaire Pawns 70 Cards Setup: Open up the game board and place it on a flat surface Shuffle the cards and place them face down in a pile within easy reach of all players Each player will pick a millionaire pawn and place it at the start Game Play: The youngest player will go first, play then passes to the left On your turn, draw one card from the deck, answer the question provided on the card and move to the space as directed.
Have you ever been hopeful for something better? You would do anything to make that one thing in your life better. Some people are like that and do whatever they can do to make it happen and some people simply just hope for it to happen there whole life. You will never understand why other people are hopeful for what they are hopeful for. It’s like always wanting more than you have and you have to do something big about it to make the littlest thing happen.
The settlers of America founded their colonies on being an inspiration for the rest of the world, as time grew on there was a shift of values and the aspiration to guide the rest of the world changed to individuals hunting for wealth. In 1630 when the Puritans settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony they worked to establish a successful community, or “A City Upon a Hill” written by John Winthrop. While in the 1920’s the people of America were no longer concerned with communal gains and rather the success and wealth of the individual, which F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about in The Great Gatsby. Although being an inspiration to other places around the world is important, it is still no longer a focus and has been replaced by greed and corruption. Society has changed a majority of americans into working for themselves rather and working for the greater good.
I have seen many strange countries in my travels, but never one so strange as this. In this land there are many strange people and strange house i don’t really believe my eye to such extent of this place there are many houses in this land it 's also known to the locals as foolsville i will admit this place is very nice blue sky for days and sunshine beyond your wonders there’s beaches for the poor and beaches for the rich. I don’t know what these people will dignify me as i am a young white male with dark brown hair i haven 't washed in awhile so i may be a little dirty but over all i 'm a pretty well dressed young man i believe. Once i began to look around i began to notice the way these people dressed was a little unorthodox they would
After the end of World War II, most of the world was in ruins, and the United States became the forefront of economic production. However, the government had come into even more control of common lives, and people were losing the last of their self-sufficiency and being able to function independently and support themselves, locking the population into the economic system that continues today while still falsely promising them riches. The idea had become cemented that poor people were poor for a reason and that anyone, if they were talented or motivated enough, could become rich. This belief persisted despite the truth that “poor” people were neither truly poor nor to blame for their circumstances, in most cases. However, this process had not yet completed itself until much later after World War II.
Our parents, coupled with our environment (the people we associate with, our music and the literature we read), as we grow older, dictate what we fear. A mix bag of fears come from people purchasing property and usually those fears are caused by one person, the Estate Agent or at least the misconception that they are all crooks twissling their moustaches waiting to rip you off.
The Mansion: A subprime parable, a story written by Michael Lewis who talks about how he and his family rented a mansion they could not afford. The mansion was so big as he described that they had two of what normal people needed on of, such as dining rooms and kitchens. There was more space than they needed, many things that they did not quiet. The bills were a surprise because of how much they had to pay for things they did not use, take water for example, they were not the ones to use that much water but the mansion was, for the pool, sprinklers, and fountains. First of The Mansion: