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Paz, Octavio. “from The Day of the Dead” [1950] Austin, Michael and Karen Austin. Reading the World: Ideas That Matter. 3rd ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2007. (575-580) Print Paz s purpose in this selection is to explain both the practice of the fiesta and the deep psychology behind this practice. In the process, he advances a very subtle thesis about the connection between poverty and occasional excess. Paz in a nostalgic and passionate way he describes fiestas as being their only luxury. This luxury is a proof of health, a show of abundance and power. (Money calls for money.) This helps my paper validate that some cultures can show, luxury on not every day conveniences, but at certain specific times go to extreme material excess to venerate …show more content…

I honestly believe that this makes one believe that it is moral and not immoral to be where one is in their life. Hogarth, William. “Gin Lane” [1751] Austin, Michael and Karen Austin. Reading the World: Ideas That Matter. 3rd ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2007. (548) Print Hogarth created Gin Lane to support the Gin Act, which limited the sale of cheap gin. Hogarth expounds this fact through various artworks and paintings. Hogarth noted that by the seventeenth century, gin had become one of the most destructive forces in urban England. This helps with my paper when Hogarth emphasizes this immorality caused by cheap alcohol by showing in his paintings. It displayed the adult’s inebriation and the effects it had on the children and the surrounding environment. It also showed me the immoral side of selling cheap addictive Gin and the negative effects it had on the society at that time. Po – Chu – I “The Flower Market” [Circa 800] Austin, Michael and Karen Austin. Reading the World: Ideas That Matter. 3rd ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2007. (545-546) …show more content…

In the first, the Parable of the Unjust Steward, Jesus uses the example of a dishonest steward (or estate manager) to make a point about the moral uses of wealth. In the second, the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, Jesus tells of a reversal of fortunes that typifies many of his parables and teachings, which emphasize that material prosperity does not indicate God’s favor: that people should seek heavenly, rather than earthly, rewards; and that wealth often represents an obstacle on the way to

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