大学生炫耀性消费英文作文【一】
Many people simply regard Pride and Prejudice as a love story, but in my opinion, this book is an illustration of the society at that time. She perfectly reflected the relation between money and marriage at her time and gave the people in her works vivid characters. The characters have their own personalities. Mrs. Bennet is a woman who makes great efforts to marry off her daughters. Mr. Bingley is a friendly young man, but his friend, Mr. Darcy, is a very proud man who seems to always feel superior. Even the five daughters in Bennet family are very different. Jane is simple, innocent and never speaks evil of others. Elizabeth is a clever girl who always has her own opinion. Mary likes reading classic books. (Actually she is a pedant. Kitty doesn’t have her own opinion but likes to follow her sister, Lydia. Lydia is a girl who follows exotic things, handsome man, and is somehow a little profligate. When I read the book, I can always find the same personalities in the society now. That is why I think this book is indeed the representative of the society in Britain in the 18th century.
The family of gentleman in the countryside is Jane Austen’s favourite topic. But this little topic can reflect big problems. It concludes the stratum situation and economic relationships in Britain in her century. You can find these from the very beginning of this book.
The first sentence in this book is impressive. It reads: “It is a truth well known to all the world that an unmarried man in poss ession of a large fortune must be in need of a wife”. The undertone is very clear: the foundation of the marriage at that time is not emotion but possession.
People always think that Austen was an expert at telling love stories. In fact, the marriage in her book is not the result of love, but the result of economic needs. After reading this book, I know the truth is that a poor woman must be in need of a husband, a wealthy man.
I couldn’t forget how eager Mrs. Bennet wants to marry off her daughte rs. If you want to know why she is so crazy about these things, I must mention the situation in Britain at that time. Only the eldest son had the privilege of inheriting his father’s possessions. Younger sons and daughters who are used to luxurious lives have no choice but marry a man or woman in possession of a large fortune to continue their comfortable lives. Thus, we can see that getting married is a way to become wealthier, particularly for women without many possessions. Jane Austen told us that money and possession determined everything, including marriage and love in her century.
In “Pride and Prejudice”, the sister of Mr. Bingley strongly opposed his plan of marrying Jane because the Bennets don’t have many possessions and their social positions are much lower than them. From this, we can see there are a lot of obstacles for a not very rich woman to marry a wealthy husband. The society, the relatives would not allow them to get married.
In modern society, although the marriages of economic needs have decreased rapidly, the concept of “money determines everything” is still rooted in some people’s mind. A lot of parents try hard to interfere their children’s marriages. Education background, possessions, jobs remains the main reason that may influence one’s marriage. Marry for money is still a big problem in our
society. We can’t help thinking: can money determine everything?
Austen left this problem for us to think. The genius of Jane Austen lies in this perfect simplicity, the simplicity that reflects big problems. Although Austen was only 21 when she wrote “Pride and Prejudice”, her sharp observation of social lives makes the style of this book surprisingly mature and lively. The plots in her works are always very natural. The development of the plot is as inevitable as a problem in mathematics. I think the depth of Pride and Prejudice is the reason that makes this book prominent and classic. Today, her book still can be the guide telling us the economic relationships both at her time and in modern time.
大学生炫耀性消费英文作文【二】
大学生炫耀性消费英文作文【三】
这样的社会，也是存在反抗的。那就是暴力、亚文化以及疲劳。
鲍德里亚认为消费社会来源于丰盛社会，对于消费社会的反抗其实来源于对丰盛社会的抵抗。丰盛社会中暴力的特点是无目的、无诉求、象征性，和过去传统的暴力方式不同，过去的暴力往往是有目的的，是表达某种诉求。比如战争，是为了争夺资源，暴力是建立在争夺财富的基础上的。而在丰盛社会中，资源和财富是不缺少的，缺少的是消费选择。社会中的暴力更多的.是表达对社会的失望，对跨越阶层的焦虑，比如整个6月一系列的暴力事件，几乎都具有这样的特点。反过来说，消费社会或者丰盛社会下的社会控制更让人绝望。消费社会中，化解暴力的方式是增加更多的服务或者消费，比如增加对服务行业的行业标准以增加幸福感，但这是在牺牲服务行业人群情感的基础上进行的；又比如增加新的符号消费，生产某个领域的成功来解除焦虑。但从根本上讲，这些都无法解决暴力发生的原因，即社会阶层的差异符号带来的差异消费。
亚文化也是反抗的一种。鲍德里亚口中的亚文化主要指毒品、禅宗、摇滚等等文化，他们有一个共同的特点就是拒绝被名誉地位原则社会化，拒绝丰盛、社会成功及摆设的礼拜仪式。这些亚文化看起来会表现低俗甚至弃世的倾向，但其精神境界本身是高尚的，它代表凸显个人价值的倾向，而不是甘心把个人抹服从消费。
可值得玩味的是，无论是暴力还是非暴力的亚文化，最终还是被吸收到消费文化中。暴力作为一种可消费的素材，成为了传播中的新闻元素，成为编剧的素材。暴力的主体被塑造成不成功的人，无法选择正确的人生道路。这个塑造过程本身就塑造了一种符号，来引导人们消费这样的道路。亚文化更是如此，符号化更为突出。亚文化被青年广泛运用，但和其他思想文化一样，其文化内核被简单化歪曲化，最终造成“中国有嘻哈”的不伦不类。
最后一种抗争形式则是疲劳。丰盛社会下，并没有实现机会均等，反而形成了更多的竞争资源。比如知识、身体、符号、生活方式等等，都构成了社会竞争的资源。个体会在这个过程中与他人竞争，要么一直不停竞争下去，被永远不停歇的符号生产和消费所拖累，要么意识到社会骗局转化为暴力，要么就对当前生存环境采取消极态度，即疲劳，也就是现在所说的“佛系”。这种看似消极的态度，在鲍德里亚看来却是最为积极的抗争方式。因为在消费社会中，疲劳是个体唯一能够支配的东西，是唯一能够不被消费转化的东西。
鲍德里亚对消费社会中的反抗持很强烈的悲观态度，三种抗争方式中有两种是被消解的。在我看来也是如此，甚至第三种抗争形式也会被消解。尽管疲劳是个体唯一能够支配的东西，但疲劳并不是什么人都可以随时调用的。疲劳的满足必然会优先出现在有特权的人身上，和休闲一样，疲劳需要花费的时间和精力，需要人们用大量的劳动来换取。现代社会的焦虑无处不在，所谓的“佛系青年”也越来越多，但他们并没有采取疲劳态度，还是甘心受丰盛社会的支配。疲劳也被转化为某种消费文化。而真正疲劳的人，又无法提供交换疲劳的价值的人，往往选择自，他们又何谈是抗争胜利了呢？
大学生炫耀性消费英文作文【四】
《消费文化》一书作者将研究的个体人以社会等级、性别、种族和年龄进行了区分研究，根据人体在社会群体中的不同地位进行消费观念和消费文化的研究，得出了社会地位对个体人消费观念影响的系统理论，创造性的提出了消费文化提供了创造社会和政治身份的新方法的命题。并系统归纳总结了如今买卖市场中日益凸显的消费风格化倾向。
研究消费文化对更好的了解市场经济更好的适应市场经济的意义重大，作为经营者不光要了解学习经营理念，还要注重消费者的研究，对自己所经营的经营项目有一个消费群体定位至关重要。消费文化随着我国社会主义市场经济的`不断发展进步，终将会走进社会市场的每一个角落。
给自己的消费观一个合理的消费文化层次上的定位，对促进一个人理性、合理消费也将起到十分重要的作用。
大学生炫耀性消费英文作文【五】
I read the Chinese version of “Camille” a few years ago. At that time I was deeply moved by the main character Marguerite Gautier. “Camille” or “The Lady of the Camellias” by Alexandre Dumas, fils, is the story of Marguerite Gautier, a young courtesan, or kept woman, in Paris in the mid 1800's, and how she falls in love with a young man, Armand Duval, and then tries to escape from her questionable past. Unfortunately, it comes back to haunt her and she ends up returning to that life and dies painfully and alone, but with the knowledge that she was a noble woman at heart. When I first began to read the book, I did not care for Marguerite or her attitude or lifestyle, but as I got further into the narrative, I realized that her saucy attitude was a front to cover the lonely woman that she really was. She felt used, abused and unloved, until the gentle Armand Duval came into her life and showed her that he loved her as a person and not for what she could do for him. It must have taken great courage for Marguerite to leave the life she had lived for so long, knowing all along that it was probably too good to be true and would not last indefinitely. And it also showed that Marguerite really loved Armand Duval for she could even change herself for him.
However, happiness didn’t last for long. When M. Duval, Armand's father, came to her, pleading for her to leave Armand to save both Armand's reputation and that of his younger innocent sister, Marguerite saw a way to become pure of heart, if not in body. She felt that it was her duty, because she loved Armand so much, to do this even though it meant giving up her own happiness and hurting Armand temporarily. She reluctantly returned to her former life, knowing that.some day Armand would forgive her. Sadly, she died in debt and basically alone, except for her one female friend, Julie Duprat, who helped her during her illness. She had her journal sent to Armand after her death, explaining why she had made the choices she had. I think Dumas's last few lines about Marguerite being the exception, not the rule were quite true, and I also agreed with his view that while her lifestyle could not be condoned, we as a society assume that all of these type of women are cold and heartless, while this may not always be the case. A person can make the wrong choices in life when they are young, and try to redeem themselves, but sometimes past situations prevent them from changing their lives, even though they desperately wish to do so. This applies to both men and women in many different types of circumstances: involvement in crime; drug or alcohol abuse; gambling; prostitution; financial problems; poor marriage choices; etc. And this is the fact, which exists in the whole society.
As far as the other characters in the book, I think Marguerite was right in saying that no one truly cared about her, but only wanted something from her, the only exceptions being Armand and Julie Duprat. Of course, the Comte de G. and Comte de N. wanted her body and appearance. The
Duke needed to “wake up and smell the coffee” and realize that she could never replace his dead daughter. If he truly cared, he could have helped her leave her lifestyle without “keeping” her himself. And lastly, Prudence was a blood-sucking leech who used Marguerite almost worse than the men. I also think she was jealous of the fact that Marguerite had so much more courage than herself and someone truly loved her.
Last morning, when tiding my bookshelf, I took this book out of the shelf, and a dried flower flew away from the book. It was pale blue, very transparent, with thin fine veins. a dried flower flew away from the book. It was pale blue, very transparent, with thin fine veins. I held it against the morning light and blew on it. The soft breeze carried it away. Camille is just like the camellia, she could never escape from the destiny of withering. But it wasn’t her fault; it’s because of the evil of Capitalism and the hideousness of that society.
Suddenly, I remembered a saying: “Women are like the flowers”. Those pretty women are like those beautiful flowers; their delicate beauty makes people feel they are the miracle of life. However, even the God envies their beauty. It seems that beautiful women always have tragic endings. As we are normal persons, even we can see the hideousness of humanity that results in their fate of withering, we can at most ask quietly in our hearts: Where have those beautiful flowers gone? Where have they gone?
The Life And Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe
It seemed to be such a coincidence that the night after I finished reading The Life And Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe, I was to dine in a restaurant distinctly related to the book itself. This restaurant was no other than the famous American-styled “Friday ’s. ” The reason for mentioning this restaurant is quite straightforward to all the gentlemen, ladies and children who have read the novel and enjoyed it, which is the fact that this restaurant was, most likely, named after the American Native in Robinson Crusoe, called Friday. This restaurant offers very exceptional service, for instance when the waitresses are asked to order dishes they kneel rather than stand, which, unlike the other restaurants I have been to, makes it easier for the customers to hear them speak. Moreover, Friday’s friendly services to the customers help them to make better choices when ordering dishes. I remembered when I went to Friday ’s last time; the waitress kindly described the items on the menu with precise details. It turned out that the combo I initially wanted was designed to be shared among a large group, not to be eaten by one person. I think this restaurant shows many commendable features similar to that of Friday. Friday brought emotional warmth to the people around him with his appealing personality. I think it was this personality that affected Crusoe and made him say that he loved Friday when Crusoe didn ’t express love for his parents, brothers, sisters, or even his wife. “When he espied me, he came running to me, laying himself down again upon the ground, with all the possible signs of an humble, thankful disposition, making many antic gestures to show it to let me know how he would serve me as long as he lived.” This was what Friday did after Crusoe had rescued him from the two savages chasing him. It was easy for me to see why Crusoe had loved Friday. After sometime, Crusoe and Friday were to rescue Friday’s father. When Friday reunited with his father, the scene was easy to move anyone: “It would have moved anyone to tears to have seen how Friday kissed him, embraced him, hugged him, cried, laughed, halloed, jumped about, danced,
sung; and then sung and jumped about again, like a distracted creature. It was a good while before I could make him speak to me.” This is my favourite chapter in the whole book. It is hard to see why Friday is an ex-savage when he can have personalities more praiseworthy than many civilized people, viz. Crusoe himself. “When he (Friday went to him (Friday’s father, he would sit down by him, open his breast, and hold his father’s head close to his bosom, half an hour together, to nourish it; then he took his arms and ankles, which were numbed and stiff with the binding, and rubbed them with his hands.” Furthermore, Friday’s expression of loyalty in asking Crusoe to kill him rather than leave him is more heartfelt than anything Crusoe ever says or does.
Crusoe, on the absolute contrary, seems incapable of deep feelings, as shown by his account of leaving his family—he never shows any emotions. After a moving lecture from Robinson’s father about his future, he still decided to follow his own wandering ambition. Careless was he about the wishes of his parents to keep him alive and prosperous, as he was the only child left in the family. When he came back from the island which he had lived on for twenty eight years, he found that it had been too late to tell his parents that he was still alive, but yet again he did not feel sorry for them; he also did not feel sorry for the two people who had to live in misery for nearly thirty years under the allusion all of their sons were dead. He had the same feelings for his wife: when he was married, he said it was “not either to my disadvantage or dissatisfaction”, implying that it was also neither to his advantage nor his satisfaction. Moreover, after his wife died, Robinson did not think of looking after the three children they had, but went back to the island, which he had lived on for twenty-eight years. It was on this trip which Robinson Crusoe revisited “His Island ” as he called it. I feel that Robinson ’s indifference to his family is almost emotionally cruel.
Before had clearly shown the contrast between Crusoe’s and Friday’s personalities, as when Friday, in his joyful reunion with his father, displayed far more emotion toward his family members than Crusoe, whereas Crusoe never mentions missing his family or dreams about the happiness of seeing them again. I think Defore is very successful in introducing Friday as part of the novel, it makes the whole novel seem much more complete and gripping to the reader, as well as proving that Defoe’s ideology of racism is civilized unlike many other Europeans at that time; natives and savages are not worse than others but can perhaps even be more modern and civilized. Those are the reasons of why I like The Life And Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe and Friday.
大学生炫耀性消费英文作文【六】
鲍德里亚在书中也提到他在《物体系》中的观点：生活在资本主义社会中的人们，因为“受到物的包围”而越来越成为“官能性的人”，作为人类活动的产物，人们自己造出来的物不仅能够服务人，还能反过来包围人。在此基础上，社会成为了物包围人的社会，而不是人主导物。在资本主义社会，人获得物的方式是依靠消费，所以鲍德里亚将目光转向消费过程。他认为，消费者与物的关系已经不再是人和物品的使用功能之间的关系了，而转变成人作为“全套的物”的有序消费对象在这个关系中被强行控制的过程。
在这样的控制关系中，消费主义突出表现为“暗示意义链”。“橱窗、广告、生产的商号和商标在这里起着主要作用，并强加着一种一致的集体观念，好似一条链子、一个无法分离的整体，它们不再是一串简单的物品，而是一串意义，因为它们互相暗示着更为复杂的高档商品，并使消费者产生一系列更为复杂的动机。”也就是说，如今人们在消费某一个商品的时候，商品不仅仅包含着某一个使用功能，背后还拥有庞大的意义链条。比如购买一辆汽车，就需要配套的车库，那就需要带车库的房子，房子就需要一系列的装修等等，这个意义链是无休止的。在消费社会中，人是被一个看不见的意义链捆住并强制消费的，这种强制性并不是来自外在环境的强制力量，而是通过诱导，让人产生主动的动机。
如果说以上部分不经常出现在文化批判中，那么鲍德里亚关于符码操纵和制造消费的观点则经常出现在消费主义批判当中。鲍德里亚认为，在一整套消费品之间存在的必然有序性关涉中，其支配作用的就是由符号话语制造出来的暗示性的结构性意义和符号价值。因而，消费者消费时并不仅仅在意消费品的使用价值，而是其符号价值。同样是手机，OPPO和Iphone的符号价值就是不同的，在广告中就可以看出，二者针对人群也是不同。人们可以从人身上的消费品来定位其身份，反过来，人们也是用物品来定义自己。也就是说，真实的个人是被删除的，所以鲍德里亚认为“消费的主体，是符号的秩序”。在这样的符号秩序下，消费逻辑成为了消费意识形态。“消费是通过某种编码及某种与此编码相适应的竞争性合作的、无意识的纪律来驯化他们；这不是通过取消便利，而相反是让他们进入游戏规则。这样，消费才能只身取代一切意识形态，并同时担负起使整个社会一体化的重任，就像原始社会的等级或宗教礼仪所做到的那样。”消费已经成为当今人们生活不可缺少的一部分，并成为整合生活的角色。无论是基本的生存物资，还是教育、休闲，无不依靠消费的方式，消费深深嵌入社会运转的各个方面。所以，消费意识形态已经成为今时今日统治阶级实施非强制性同一的最有效手段。在这个意识形态中，只需要控制符号便可指导人们向着某一限定的道路走下去。
在消费社会中，社会阶层的分化依旧存在。现代资本主义社会中的消费其实是一个差异性符码之间的交流体系，在消费中，人们获得某种特定的符号认同。举个例子，比如两个素未谋面的女生在街上碰面，确认过眼神，是一个色号的人。相同的口红品牌、色号，就意味着二人在品味上是一致的，又或者不是品味一致，而仅仅是一种利用符号的自我标榜。至少相同的符号，代表二人在消费能力上是处在同一阶层的。尽管每个人在商品的“使用价值”面前都是平等的，但在符号价值面前，等级分化明显。这种等级分化不仅是物品背后的符号差异造成，还是由人的消费选择多少而决定。比如休闲，可以认为是用钱或劳动购买的时间，这个消费品并不是人人拥有，只有某些特定的人群才能拥有。而这种消费品选择的差距其实也就是社会阶层的差距。
大学生炫耀性消费英文作文【七】
如果让我买一些东西的话，我会根据平时常用的东西要多买一些。那些家里有而且又用不着的东西就少买，甚至不买。但是，当一个物品坏了的时候，就要及时维修，如果是一支钢笔尖坏了，买一个钢笔尖的钱和买一支钢笔的钱相差不多，那样还不如再买一支新钢笔呢！所以说，买东西要有技巧。
前不久，我看到商店里挤满了人，出来的人手里拿着各种各样的小零食，这不是浪费钱吗？其实，那些都是垃圾食品，吃了对身体有害，少吃点零食不但对身体有益，而且还能省钱呢！
我嘛！不太喜欢花钱，即使花钱也不会花自己的压岁钱，而是花平时靠做家务得到的零花钱，一般就是买一些学习用品和生活用品。零售也不经常吃，一个月偶尔吃一次两次，所以花的钱就少一些。
我很喜欢吃外面的油炸食品，油炸食品不但花费高，而且对身体伤害很大，听说有的是用地沟油做的，并且添加了很多食品添加剂，还是少吃甚至不吃最好，不但保护了身体，还能省下一笔钱。
这就是我的消费故事，要记住买东西要有计巧哦！
