Essays Tagged: "instant gratification"

Fast Food in America: The cheap but dangerous cost of advertising and the American appetite

vertisements and marketing gimmicks to eat their food. Or do we eat the food simply because we want instant gratification and don't care at what cost it may come? America has become synonymous with fa ...

(5 pages) 790 7 3.8 Nov/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Tarot, the meaning of tarot readings.

and searching for meaning in our pasts, presents, or futures. We are an inpatient society, seeking instant gratification and answers. Tarot offers a look into the hidden realms of life. You only see ...

(6 pages) 75 2 4.2 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Paranormality & Spirituality

The Lord of the Flies and The Roman Catholic Church

han having morality, the society becomes fragmented, because people are naturally more attracted to instant gratification for themselves then to working hard. In The Lord of the Flies, the separation ... The result was a separation with more boy*s following Jack because he had promise to fulfill their instant wants. The original stable society that Ralph idealized fragmented, because it became unpopu ...

(3 pages) 31 1 3.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Lord of the Flies" by Sir William Gerald Golding

Drugs problem: to legalize or not to lehalize drugs

victims of our own drug problems. We are a feel-good-quick society, a society of short-cuts and of instant gratification. American society does not handle its drug problem very well. We might agree q ...

(6 pages) 164 1 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Misunderstandings about the Power of Protein

est results with the least amount of work, more and more false experts exploit a public thirsty for instant gratification. One particularly popular myth of late surrounds the power of protein. This pa ...

(5 pages) 64 0 3.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Online Music Distribution

and enhance consumer experience by offering on-demand downloads, satisfying their emerging need for instant gratification. However, this shift in delivery creates channel conflicts and requires change ...

(13 pages) 283 0 3.8 Feb/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Brave New World: True Happiness

f happiness. The residents of World State A.F. 632 are not truly happy. Instead they live a life of instant gratification, or a fleeting moment of happiness that ends quickly. Also they have no advers ... hat they are happy they are not truly happy. The people of World State AF 632 live a life of instant gratification. They prefer, due to conditioning, many bits of instant gratification over one ...

(15 pages) 3523 0 0.0 Jul/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Digital Camera

ing pictures, which combine the features of good 35-mm camera by using computer technology with the instant gratification Polaroid. The pictures we take by using digital camera can be loaded to the co ...

(1 pages) 20 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Pop Culture - The Effects of Popular Culture on Modern American Society

culture has on their lives? Identifiable PatternsAmerica has become a society of people who demand instant gratification and convenience. A distinctive pattern has emerged to fulfill the demands of c ...

(4 pages) 157 0 3.0 Sep/2007

Subjects: Art Essays

The Downfall of Educational Expectations

le. Education is not given the credence it deserves . we are a nation that has become accustomed to instant gratification. The very things that will create long term excellence and security for our co ...

(3 pages) 32 0 0.0 Dec/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Relationships in cyberspace

Relationships in Cyberspace The Internet, is an ocean of technology, a land where ease of use and instant gratification rules. It is out of this primordial computer-ooze that a whole new way of thin ...

(3 pages) 11 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Under the influence of televis

the two nations. Because of its strong visual impact and ability to disseminate information almost instantaneously, television has brought global events closer to home and informed the public in a wa ... med the public in a way no other medium could achieve.Television's ability to entertain and provide instant gratification is perhaps the greatest reason why so many families tune into TV programming o ...

(4 pages) 26 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Erotic Representations Of Women In Pre-modern Chin

nt women in the past differs from our concept of pornography today because the former is less about instant gratification, and the adult content included therein is really just a reflection of all wal ...

(13 pages) 20 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Corporate Interests : Saving Versus Spending

have been brainwashed by the corporate media from an early age to have a "now" attitude, or one of instant gratification. This does not leave room for saving, managing, or investing money; for how ca ... rstand the importance of securing their financial future. The attitude of expecting instant gratification leaves today's youth open and susceptible to many financial traps and schemers ...

(2 pages) 11 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Shopping for a Special Emotion An essay about a significant event that changed my life.

SHOPPING FOR A SPECIAL EMOTIONThe rush of the crowds, the dinging of cash registers, and the instant gratification of six little words: thank you, have a nice day. These everyday bits and piece ...

(4 pages) 18 0 4.3 Mar/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing