Living to Work
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Working in America Today
People work basically as a means of continued existence in America, but there are countless different other reasons why people work. There have been many theories that people work to get what they want, whether it is material possessions or to emotional wealth. Dorothy Sayers, author of Living to Work, says that people work because certain people "love" their job. Then there are some people who work just strictly for the money and to get what they want with it. I think that the meanings of work lie in wanting to have money, to live happily and to survive.
There are a lot of people in our world who today have jobs just because of the money. When we think about it that is why most people hold on to their jobs. If the job description says they are paying fourteen dollars an hour a lot of people take advantage of the opportunity because of the money. They would not care about what job it is. In the article Living to Work, Dorothy Sayers states that, "work is something hateful, only to be endured because it makes money and money is desirable because it represents a way of escape from work...