Limitless By Wendell Barry Analysis
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The need to consume has become a habit that is endless the desire to own superficial materials to demonstrate social economic status by what car, the brand of clothing a person is wearing and the size of a house has become the reality to display our wealth and power. This is a taught behaviour by our social environment that we have to consume has to lead us to think of water, food and other luxuries are in abundance and unlimited, but the problem is more is never enough.
Wendell Barry states "we have founded our present society upon delusional assumptions of limitlessness" is true, for example in the exploitation of the environment by deforestation, mining, fossil fuels that pollute the air, soil and water "leads to limitless
The need to consume has become a habit that is endless the desire to own superficial materials to demonstrate social economic status by what car, the brand of clothing a person is wearing and the size of a house has become the reality to display our wealth and power. This is a taught behaviour by our social environment that we have to consume has to lead us to think of water, food and other luxuries are in abundance and unlimited, but the problem is more is never enough.
Wendell Barry states "we have founded our present society upon delusional assumptions of limitlessness" is true, for example in the exploitation of the environment by deforestation, mining, fossil fuels that pollute the air, soil and water "leads to limitless