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What Is A Luxury? Is It A Good Thing Or Is It A Bad Thing? Most People Can Describe What A Luxury Is, But The World Book Dictio

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Term Paper TitleWhat Is A Luxury? Is It A Good Thing Or Is It A Bad Thing? Most People Can Describe What A Luxury Is, But The World Book Dictio
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What is a luxury? Is it a good thing or is it a bad thing? Most people can describe what a luxury is, but the World Book Dictionary gave me an accurate definition. A luxury is defined as the comforts and beauties of life beyond what is really necessary. Immediately, most luxuries that I think of relate to the latest technology in the world. Computers, cd players, cellular phones, and all sorts of nifty little gadgets are all luxuries to me. Again, they are not necessary and anyone can live without them; however, becoming dependent upon them is the life we choose to live. Once a person obtains a luxury, a sense of attachment occurs. Soon, that unnecessary comfort becomes a necessity and a bond forms between the owner and his luxury. Finally, the last step develops between him and the necessity. The person becomes totally dependent upon his luxury and nothing else matters.
    Because people often become so dependent upon luxuries, bad things can happen. The luxury becomes more important than friends and sometimes even family members. An unfavorable reputation develops for this person and sometimes we say that the person's life revolves around his luxuries. Personally, I have been there and experienced this kind of stupor or addiction to a possession of mine.
    I met Denny Hippchen and Aaron Steinmetz during my first year at Shasta High School and these two young men awakened my interest in computers. A computer has been around me ever since. You could call it a luxury but now I am so used to using the computer that it is now a necessity. All of my homework is done on my computer, and it is one of my many ways of communicating. It provides entertainment, music, school needs, and many other things upon which I depend. In a sense, the computer has become indispensable to me. I am now to the point where I cannot live without a computer. My computer beckons me to sit in front of it and to play a game, to surf the Net, or e-mail a friend. I can research an item by simply pressing a key and print the informat

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