Mad Men by Heather Havrilesky
Havrilesky opens her essay by describing how Americans are always searching for an upgrade instead of appreciating the good they already have. She then supports her claim by suggesting that this is the ideology behind AMC's Mad Men. She describes details of multiple characters from the show that further reflect her reasoning. For example on page 172 in the first paragraph she describes how the American Dream is mass produced causes the characters to suffer the consequences of the costs. Don is then forced to suppress his feelings for Betty in order to divorce her and be fully engulfed in his true love for his career. How can we be sure Don would fully perpetrate to anything? The premier suggests Do still is not comfortable with submitting his whole life to his career. With not being tied down to a woman, he is free to attract women who have more intellect than him, as it seems that he enjoys the constant challenge rather than being matched. A quote that I have been attached to in this piece of literature is in the begging when she describes how Americans are always searching for something better; "It's a sickness that's infused into our blood, dissatisfaction with the ordinary that's instilled within us from childhood." I admire this quote because it angles out the reality of American's mindset in a way that can easily be related to.
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