While Mr. Popper’s Penguins is a movie that mostly focuses on the balance between family and professional life, there are many relations between this movie and residential property management. Throughout this essay I will consider the information we have learned within our course content and relate it back to the happenings within Mr. Popper’s Penguins. I will also evaluate what could or should have been done to improve certain situations. As someone who would like to pursue a career in residential property management, I find that it is not only entertaining, but also beneficial to look for ways to be a better member of the RPM community within everyday life, such as movies like this one that feature characteristics of RPM.
One of the first things that I noticed about Mr. Popper’s living situation was that he seemed to live within a contemporary corporate culture. He lived in a modern, high-rise apartment community. The apartment community featured all sorts of residents, but it seemed to be an upper class establishment as it was located in the heart of New York City. It was difficult to tell who owned the specific building that housed his apartment community, but I assumed that it was some sort of property management company.
Within Mr. Popper’s apartment community, there was one position that was prominently featured. This was the position of what looked like some sort of desk clerk. The desk clerk seemed to be a catch all for greeting residents, taking calls, getting packages, running security, and several other duties. I found this to be quite unrealistic of what actually would go on within an apartment community. There was no mention of any training or credentials that the desk clerk may or may not have had. The “board” w...
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... procedure not have been followed, Mr. Popper would not have lived there.
Overall, Mr. Popper’s Penguins was an enjoyable movie. When looking at it from a residential property management side of things there are many flaws. This is evident even without knowing all the ins and outs of the apartment community and it’s procedure. I can only imagine what other issues would need to be faced. The main issue was that there were policies being broken. When these issues were brought to the attention of the apartment community staff, nothing was done about it. In fact, the staff blatantly looked away. These issues could have been resolved by hiring a staff that had integrity. Doing the right thing is very important in an RPM setting. It may not always be the popular opinion among the residents, or even members of the staff, but in the long run, it will prove most fruitful.
Those who have read The Great Gatsby have an understanding that he does not acquire his wealth in legal manners. Fortunately for Cohen, his time consisted of financial scandals and corruption such as the company of Enron, whom he claims would have been an organization that Gatsby could have ruled in the real world. The company of Enron and the character of Gatsby share misconduct in their workings, which makes this an effective comparison by Cohen in understanding the criminal nature of this character. In addition, this man is ranked number one among other well recognized figures in 1900’s literature. One might ponder “What makes Gatsby more special than the great attorney Atticus Finch?” Finch is respected for his morals and positive identity, but the mystery behind Gatsby makes him a brilliant
J.D Salinger gives his personal vision of the world successfully through his persona Holden Caulfield in the ‘Catcher in the Rye’. Caulfield struggles with the background of New York to portray Salinger’s theme – you must live the world as it is, not as you would like it to be. There by exposing Salinger’s vision on the world.
society in which he lives. He apartment is purposely set on the opposite side of town
Brian purchased the finest penthouse that his money could buy. After all, “I deserve it”, he would boast to friends. Expensive white Italian silk suits, alligator shoes, and a red Lamborghini sports car with license plates that read “MONEY” were his trademark. His penthouse apartment held a sweeping vista of the city along with elegantly appointed rooms, marble entry, a swimming pool and a sauna. Art work from the masters and rare collections were an impressive site to visitors. Brian had all the latest toys and electronics gadgets a young man could desire. A staff of servants cooked, cleaned and pampered him where ever he desired.
As depicted by Scott F. Fitzgerald, the 1920s is an era of a great downfall both socially and morally. As the rich get richer, the poor remain to fend for themselves, with no help of any kind coming their way. Throughout Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby, the two “breeds” of wealthier folk consistently butt heads in an ongoing battle of varying lifestyles. The West Eggers, best represented by Jay Gatsby, are the newly rich, with little to no sense of class or taste. Their polar opposites, the East Eggers, are signified by Tom and Daisy Buchanan; these people have inherited their riches from the country’s wealthiest old families and treat their money with dignity and social grace. Money, a mere object in the hands of the newly wealthy, is unconscientiously squandered by Gatsby in an effort to bring his only source of happiness, Daisy, into his life once again. Over the course of his countless wild parties, he dissipates thousands upon thousands of dollars in unsuccessful attempts to attract Daisy’s attention. For Gatsby, the only way he could capture this happiness is to achieve his personal “American Dream” and end up with Daisy in his arms. Gatsby’s obsession with Daisy is somewhat detrimental to himself and the ones around him; his actions destroy relationships and ultimately get two people killed.
...and the upper middle class members mixed in the neighborhood, creating a disturbing mix. West Egg provided a direct confrontation to the establishment that disturbed the rich such as Daisy Buchanan (107). The residents of the city have foreign names like “Joens”, “Muldoon”, and “Eckheart” with uncouth professions such as actors and politicians (63). Epitomizing the qualities of the people and the buildings of West Egg is Jay Gatsby. Gatsby possesses a house designed to imitate royalty. However, Gatsby fills that very house with the risque parties, juxtaposing the old idea of wealth with a new one. The juxtaposition between the two ideas strongly characterizes the West Egg resident.
Cheever begins the story explaining the Westcotts’ social class standing, stating, “Jim and Irene Westcott were the kind of people who seem to strike that satisfactory average of income, endeavor, and respectability that is reached by the statistical reports in college alumni bulletins.” (Cheever 101) It is assumed that the other residents of their apartment complex live a similar lifestyle. Through the development of the Westcotts’ neighbor’s personal lives via “the enormous radio,” Irene realizes that the middle-class households surrounding her are living...
Born New Year’s Day, 1919, to the Jewish Solomon Salinger, and his Christian mother, Marie-eventually changed to Miriam, to better fit in with her husband’s side of the family-Jillich. With that, it’s safe to say that even as early as his conception, Jerome already had an identity crisis high-tailing him. As Salinger grew, this mixed religious background caused him to question his own social identity, and to be keenly aware of social divisions and prejudices; considering this, a thought may cross that instantly reminds some of J.D.’s famous literary character, Holden Caulfield, whom readily called out many “phonies”, and claimed to know a lot about anyone he encountered. Not only this, but Mr. Salinger also spent a few of his school years as a prep school student; the same can be said for Holden Caulfield. Keeping that thought in mind, Salinger had a great deal of difficulty with getting along in both public, and prep schools, still reminding us of the critical part of The Catcher in the Rye’s plot: Holden getting expelled, and more-so, mentioning how consistently irritating his roommate, and dorm-neighbors were. Still in similarity to Holden, Mr. Salinger was born to an upper-class family in New York City, as well. Both Mr. Salinger ...
The obsession with wealth often blinds people from the potential crisis. The crisis of having everything they worked and struggled for redefined if the reality fails them. Just like strivers who chase the American dream, Gatsby also spend his whole life in persue of his American dream, which Daisy was a major component of it. Gatsby’s “American dream” seems actualized when Daisy comments him “resemble the advertisement of the man(Ch7).” But Daisy eventually betrays Gatsby and went back to the arms of Tom. This is the final nail in the coffin, with Gatsby’s dr...
Jay Gatsby lives in an enormous, extravagant mansion resembling a castle that a wealthy brewer had constructed ten years prior to the events of the novel. Gatsby’s house is located in the West Egg area of Long Island, where the population is made up of mostly newly wealthy people. Gatsby is living the so-called “American Dream” after spending a period of his life striking it rich by smuggling grain alcohol as a bootlegger. The effects of Gatsby’s riches on himself and people around him are comparable to how alcohol causes self-destructive behavior and bad judgment in people when ingested in large amounts. Gatsby strived to gain his wealth in order to become high-class enough to be with Daisy, Tom’s wife who fell...
A man will seek for what he yearns. Jay Gatsby comes from an underprivileged family but is able to rise to the top of wealth—something every American in the 1910-1920’s was trying to do. “Gatsby transforms to get to the top,” (Galley). He entirely transforms himself to a superbly prosperous young man or in other words went from “rags” t...
Deteriorating moralities and optimistic beliefs of overnight wealth replaced strict traditional views on religion, family structure, and work ethics. In an era of such high optimism, the pioneering spirit of the American Dream was revitalized. The nouveaux riches often clashed with the established wealth, as evident throughout F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald’s narrator, Nick Carraway, suddenly finds himself submerged in the paper-thin morals, and shallow values of upper-class New York after migrating from the Western interior. Throughout the novel, Nick is highly cynical of American society. Thus, The Great Gatsby is Fitzgerald’s means of criticizing the worsening family structure of American society, the newfound materialistic lifestyles of Americans, an American society governed by corruption, and ultimately, the paradox of the American Dream.
Jay Gatsby, as the protagonist of the novel, is one the few characters that is affiliated with the lower class. In Gatsby’s childhood, he suffers through poverty. Paradoxically, Gatsby is the most prestigious when compared to other characters, yet he was the only character to lack wealth in the past. With this, Fitzgerald proves that the current status of wealth justifies the current acceptance of a character. After attaining wealth, Gatsby remains distinguished from other wealthy characters due to the fact he once lived a life of destitution. Unlike Tom and Daisy, who live an empty life, Gatsby lives a life replete with motivation. Even though Gatsby was presented as one of the corrupted characters, he was considered prolific because he had a dream. This is achieved because Gatsby once experienced a low class life, unlike Tom and Daisy who grew up with prosperity.
The economy is booming with success, and your wealth portrays ones position in society. George Babbitt is infatuated with having the latest “gadgets” and technology in his home, as is the rest of Middle-class America. Lewis portrays society as a group of self-centered people who must have the best of everything (sounds similar to our world today). Middle-class America is disturbingly the same to the last detail in the 1920’s. Life begins for Babbitt waking up to an unappreciative family, and a typical fake show of affection from his wife. Babbitt realizes his life is dull and mundane. Even the kiss from his wife is typical. Babbitt, like most men in the 1920’s, finds his home not as a haven but as a depressing reality of what his life has really become. Babbitt recognizes he is disgusted with his life, and that he doesn’t even love his wife. Only when Babbitt escapes his home does he find satisfaction. Babbitt is found in his community as a role model of every businessmen, even the mechanic at the gas station commends him for organization. Babbitt temporarily feels relief when freedom encompasses his life, but later in the novel Babbitt illustrates that even “business” is shaped by society. Just as business is shaped in Zenith, so are the women who live there.
Tom and Daisy are extremely wealthy and have a stereotypical “American Dream” life. Nick describes Tom and Daisy’s house as being big and elaborate overlooking the bay with a huge lawn. (6) He also describes Tom and all his accomplishments of being on the football team in New Haven and being from an enormously wealthy family.