The Candlestick paper
The Candlestick
The candlestick metaphor represents the two different kinds of societies: firstly the welfare system is compared with the protective skin, an easy solution that lasts for a long time. But it results in the candlestick becoming dull looking.
The alternative is to clean the candlestick every week, so it keeps its lively and sparkling appearance. It requires a certain amount of work, but it also results in a much nicer appearance of the candlestick. He and his mother decide to clean it every week.
This clearly shows his view of life - already from his early years. As he refers, he was brought up in that spirit: rather get the best possible result and work extremely hard for it, than settling with an undistinguished mediocre result.
George Malley used to believe in the American Dream- an inevitable ideology that is used to capture people’s faith in progress, opportunity and striving. He used to believe that the world was a lovely place, and in the end everyone has the power to vanquish everything. That success was achieved through hard work, and that it could be achieved by anyone who seized the opportunity.
As we are born with equal opportunities, everyone has the same possibility to shine and be successful. He thought that in order to enjoy life with a good conscience, everything you achieve must have been achieved through hard work only. If you were ever given something for free, it was sign of weakness and a loss of pride.
So George Malley worked extremely hard and played by the rules.
But the outcome wasn’t as expected. He had worked his entire life to get where he was, making no mistakes. Then he gets fired, and starts questioning what happened to his firm belief in the American Dream. The dream was falling apart.
Because of this he now sees the welfare system as a an adequate solution for America. But he isn’t too enthusiastic about that either. He criticizes the way the system helps the lazy and inactive people in the society. He
The candlestick metaphor represents the two different kinds of societies: firstly the welfare system is compared with the protective skin, an easy solution that lasts for a long time. But it results in the candlestick becoming dull looking.
The alternative is to clean the candlestick every week, so it keeps its lively and sparkling appearance. It requires a certain amount of work, but it also results in a much nicer appearance of the candlestick. He and his mother decide to clean it every week.
This clearly shows his view of life - already from his early years. As he refers, he was brought up in that spirit: rather get the best possible result and work extremely hard for it, than settling with an undistinguished mediocre result.
George Malley used to believe in the American Dream- an inevitable ideology that is used to capture people’s faith in progress, opportunity and striving. He used to believe that the world was a lovely place, and in the end everyone has the power to vanquish everything. That success was achieved through hard work, and that it could be achieved by anyone who seized the opportunity.
As we are born with equal opportunities, everyone has the same possibility to shine and be successful. He thought that in order to enjoy life with a good conscience, everything you achieve must have been achieved through hard work only. If you were ever given something for free, it was sign of weakness and a loss of pride.
So George Malley worked extremely hard and played by the rules.
But the outcome wasn’t as expected. He had worked his entire life to get where he was, making no mistakes. Then he gets fired, and starts questioning what happened to his firm belief in the American Dream. The dream was falling apart.
Because of this he now sees the welfare system as a an adequate solution for America. But he isn’t too enthusiastic about that either. He criticizes the way the system helps the lazy and inactive people in the society. He