Slumming

When I started reading this article, I found it very strange and a little hard to read. As I continued I began to understand what the point of the story was. What I got out of the story was that people lose sight of what is important in life and get caught up with material things and trying to out do one another. I especially liked the comparison when they compared both the rich and the poor by living out of a suitcase. Neither of them take the time out to just relax and enjoy life either because they can't or because they are too caught up in their hectic lives to do so. I feel like when you are caught up in this madness that it is important to made your self absent for a while like they did in the end so that you can get perspective about your life and how you want to live it. I liked the message that the story was trying to get across and I think it is an important one. Many people forget what is important in life and they need to be reminded of what really is important. Overall, I enjoyed the story but I thought that it could have been written better.