Summary Of The More Factor By Laurence Shames
Dina Sanif
Joel Brunkala
English 1A
15 February 2023 When reading the readings assigned to me in Signs of Life I found that the reading "The More Factor" by Laurence Shames and the reading "Millennials Tried to Kill the American Mall, But Gen Z Might Save It" by Jordyn Holman had a lot of similarities. These two readings had very similar takes on how American culture has a lot of impact on consumerism. When reading “The More Factor” by Laurence Shames, Shames believed and argued that Americans have a desire for a lot of growth and expansion. Shames states on page 194 that Americans have a habit of wanting more and America has never-ending opportunities. “America was the place where one never quite came to the end” (Shames 194). This means that America will
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