To be finically successful in society people have gotten out of sync with their family routines and morals. Capitalism, the idea to work more to be more successful has affected family and personal lives. People strive to spend more hours in the work place as opposed to spending time with their family. “From the Frying Pan into the Fire” by Arlie Russell Hochschild, she emphasizes the change in family values due to the idea for one person to be personally successful in a capitalistic economy. Gregory Orr in his narrative “Return to Hayneville” retells his story of how he survived being held captive and violently punished while partaking in the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) during the Civil Rights Movement. After Orr’s brutal and violent ordeal, he was able to return to…show more content… On the other hand, Orr expresses his personal satisfaction by returning to Hayneville and being proud that he survived his violent ordeal. Living in a capitalist society forces the individual to make sacrifices for personal gain, which can be disruptive for family life. Violence doesn’t have to be something physical, like in Orr’s case but can be emotional which is displayed in Hochschild article. In a sense, when faced in particular situations, the way an individual deals with it can alter their life and those around them. Providing for a family is crucial and can force an individual to make sacrifices. A major sacrifice of this is spending less time with the family. Hochschild defines capitalism as “a cultural as well as an economic system that the symbols and rituals of this cultural system compete with, the symbols and rituals of community and family” (187). Hochschild believes that capitalism is something people follow in order to live and survive financially, and that type of living competes with spending time with
