Just Do It - Class Notes

The story is used as an allegory for subliminal messaging in today's materialistic culture. The author criticizes big corporations and capitalism in general by portraying these corporations as cold, profit-seeking machines that do not care about the consumers or the people that they hurt in the process. I am optimistic that this future will never come to fruition because of the competing advertisements of companies. However, if these companies merge and form monopolies the advertisements will get stronger. The modern day effectiveness of advertisements is made evident by the extremely high price of a one minute commercial that airs during the Super Bowl.