Fight Club Consumerism

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Para 1: Advertising and consumerism is something that affects every single human on this planet. Not a day goes by in which one does not experience some form of advertisement. In fact from the day someone is born, they are constantly faced with persuasive messages through advertisements. Since this is such a common situation to be placed in, we accept it and assume that there is nothing wrong with this. However what we do not do is take the time to consider how badly corporations are influencing and shaping society. What many people do not realise and is therefore often overlooked, is that advertisements play an extraordinary role in the well-being of individuals in society. Advertising shapes our society. By presenting an ideal figure or life they make people feel as though they are not good enough as they are. They affect individuals by making them feel worthless, this allows them to emotionally manipulate people. In some cases advertisement has made it so that every decision people make is dependant on material possessions. They make it seem that life’s value is measured by what we own. Those with more material possessions live a more successful life, whereas those with less are seen as less value in society. Advertisement has almost reached the point by which it manipulates people into thinking that the meaning of life is to own the most and best material goods. For some there is no life beyond their possessions. …show more content…

“I’d flip through catalogs and wonder, what kind of dining set defines me as a person?” (Tyler Durden). Rather than focusing on his emotional and mental improvement, he defined his future by the improvement of his home goods. He called this “The Ikea Nesting

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