Analysis Of Arming The Spirit By George Faludy

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The image you have taken effectively demonstrates the consumer society in which so many of us have fallen into. Multinational corporations such as Apple have effectively weeded themselves into our idea of a comfortable living shown by the number of people in the store who wish to associate with the brand. The photo, paired effectively with the quote, raises awareness of those who fall into the traps of temptation to fulfil our wants of “comfort” while disregarding our call to duty with others. The number of individuals with their heads down in the phot0 shows how common a practice it has become to allow our devices to separate us from others. As George Faludy states in “Arming the Spirit”, we owe it to ourselves to “rise above evil and mindlessness.”

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