Dominating Materials

      Thoreau believed that in order to live well, we must reduce the number of material goods we have. Otherwise things begin to dominate us. In my eyes, this is very true. Nowadays, many material thing (IPod's, XBox's, etc.) aren't things that we necessarily need but want. Many kids often spend hours in front of the television with a controller in their hand, rather than going outside to play. Then when the turn eighteen, they are very lazy and have no ambition to go make something of their lives. This would be okay if on a job application, they asked how many hours you play video games a week.

        To add on to dominating material items, IPods. Each and every morning I listen to my IPod because it bloks out excess noise. But the mornings that I do not have my IPod, it feels like I'm sleeping in the Artic without anything to keep me warm. Painful. I feel as if there is a missing piece to me.IPod's are very useful and fun to have, but happens when you don't have it? Thoreau was right, we need to reduce the number of material items. They're starting to dominate our lives.