ENGL 200 D: Reading Literature: Literature in the Marketplace

Hello everyone,

My name is Chelsea Hewitt and I am a Junior here at the University of Washington. I enjoy learning, and I am really excited to be a part of this class. My majors are Medical Anthropology and Sociology, and I am considering a triple major in Dance. I am definitely minoring in it, but I have not decided if I’m confident enough to take the next step and make it a major. I am taking this course to fulfill my W credit, as well as explore other areas of writing and see how I enjoy it. I prefer to write on real life issues and topics verses novels so I am very excited about how this course is set up.

When it comes to the question what is money, in my opinion money is not just money. Money is identity, property, character, strength; it causes personal problems as well as public issues. If money was just money then we should be able to just make more of it and allow it to be distributed carelessly. It wouldn’t have different values because it would just be money and the amount wouldn’t really matter in my opinion. But since it’s not “just” money we get in feuds over it which lead to wars. We debate over everything that has a value because everyone wants to get their “moneys” worth. For these reasons I do not believe money is just money.

The economy is the wealth or resources that a country or organization has in its possession. It can be money, but it can also be other materials that are of value to that country at that time, things that are necessary for the country and the people in it to function. The economy can fluctuate depending on the effects that certain events have on it, and these effects can be positive or negative.