From The Frying Pan Into The Fire Analysis
To achieve financial success in society has forced people to lose sight of family value and morality. Capitalism, the idea to work more to become more financially successful has had a negative affect on family and personal lives. People strive to spend more hours in the work place as opposed to spending quality time with their family. “From the Frying Pan into the Fire” by Arlie Hochschild she emphasizes the change in family values that is due to the pressure of being apart of a capitalist society. Gregory Orr in his personal narrative “Return to Hayneville” retells his account of how he managed to survive being held captive and violently punished during his time in the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) during the Civil Rights Movement. After
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Although Orr went through a lot of brutal violence, he found hope at the end of that dark tunnel. That was displayed once he returned to the same sanctuary he was so badly tortured. Upon returning, Orr states “Laughing to think that the kid I was had come south seeking the dark blessing of death in a noble cause…but had been given his whole existence” (229). Orr was filled with joy because he was a survivor. In relation, capitalism could cause efficiency as opposed to eliciting emotional violence. Working longer hours to make sure the family is happy can be seen as ideal, but how much time is needed to physically nurture the family. Hochschild claims that we don’t turn away from family and community but we actually “elevate them in moral importance” (186). Individuals are aware that the family is being neglected but attempt to raise them in moral importance. By doing this the individual attempts to value the family more. This can be seen as efficient because if the family is valued more, the more nurture they would receive. But this isn’t the case in a capitalistic society. Although the individual raises the family importance morally, they still don’t make the conscious effort to avoid trying to make more money for personal gain. This goes against how physical violence causes an individual to want to make a change within themselves, like
Although Orr went through a lot of brutal violence, he found hope at the end of that dark tunnel. That was displayed once he returned to the same sanctuary he was so badly tortured. Upon returning, Orr states “Laughing to think that the kid I was had come south seeking the dark blessing of death in a noble cause…but had been given his whole existence” (229). Orr was filled with joy because he was a survivor. In relation, capitalism could cause efficiency as opposed to eliciting emotional violence. Working longer hours to make sure the family is happy can be seen as ideal, but how much time is needed to physically nurture the family. Hochschild claims that we don’t turn away from family and community but we actually “elevate them in moral importance” (186). Individuals are aware that the family is being neglected but attempt to raise them in moral importance. By doing this the individual attempts to value the family more. This can be seen as efficient because if the family is valued more, the more nurture they would receive. But this isn’t the case in a capitalistic society. Although the individual raises the family importance morally, they still don’t make the conscious effort to avoid trying to make more money for personal gain. This goes against how physical violence causes an individual to want to make a change within themselves, like