quinta-feira, 17 de maio de 2018

Writers' Corner #13


The cartoon “Rat Race” makes a comical and sarcastic approach to today’s reality behind consumerism.
In fact, as we can see in this “Rat Race”, the rats are running through corridors with the desire to achieve their life goal. This desire is constantly being increased by the posters and propaganda on the walls. However, after every new corner, all they find is more and more path to be walked.
This story is a metaphor of today’s consumer society. Nowadays, people are surrounded by advertising and are eventually overcome by it. So to satisfy their desire to have the latest and most modern things, they just buy everything, whether it is necessary or not. This has become such a prominent and notable aspect of our society to the extreme point of being considered a disease.
These people buy everything new, influenced by marketing, with the hope of feeling fulfilled, but what they eventually end up with is buyer’s remorse.
In conclusion, I think that, unlike the rats in the cartoon, people should stop paying attention to what is around them, and start focusing on what really matters in their life.

Daniel Silva, 11.º B

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