Summary Of Winners In The Pass Line By Dagoberto Gilb

Do emotional gifts mean more than physical gifts? Humans pride themselves in making other people happy, this has been manipulated by large companies, making people think that physical gifts are always the way to go. You tend to receive minimal happiness when you give a physical gift to a person. Although a tough task, it has been proven that when one makes the other person better indirectly. While reading the winners in the pass line by Dagoberto Gilb, I stumbled upon the question of whether emotional gifts are more impactful and valued than physical gifts. The essay aims to shed light on this question by exploring experiences that reflect the broader truth about human values and human satisfaction. In the essay, the casino setting is not only a

Emotional gifts in the story, such as the feelings of connectedness and accomplishment experienced by the characters, contribute to the psychological well-being which offers a sense of satisfaction that for them outlives the moment. The moments that are outlived are those daily hardships that the workers suffer daily, those financial hardships or daily troubles. These gifts also have the power to forge and deepen relationships, as it is a very popular tradition to go to casinos with one’s friends. In the moment, creating shared memories and understanding that physical gifts cannot replicate these special moments. With the increase in popularity of social media, people have now begun to look for experiences instead of physical objects. In the article “Gift giving and social emotions: experience as content” by Ronika Chakrabarti, there is a main impact on how social media affects the power of these two types of gifts. "Consumers have migrated from the production of services to the production of experiences and that in social media the primary experience of value is emotion" (Chakrabarti & Berthon, 2012, p.