Name : Rizky Kurnia Putri
Class : 3EB23
NPM : 26211384
Jobs, the
Economy and Unemployment
The other evening 1I watched a
contemporary film that 2I’m positive was meant by its writers
and producers to be a modern day story depicting five well-to-do company
executives who like many of us, become victims of our country’s financial
meltdown, or as the news media calls it – the Recession. These unfortunate
souls were forced to go from multi-million dollar homes, corporate jets,
vacation houses in the Bahamas, first-class country club memberships… 3you
get the story – right?
As the reels unwind, one of 4the
newly pink-slipped executives is forced to work for his brother-in-law’s
contracting company, installing drywall and so-forth. Still, the bills continue
to mount as 5he remains in denial thinking that another big
corner office is waiting just around the corner. His wife however gives him a
little push into reality by selling his classic Porsche. Another one of 6our
ex-execs goes so far as to commit suicide. No longer could 7he
goes on playing real-life charades by pretending to continue his family’s
once lavish lifestyle. Sadly without sympathy or understanding from his spouse,
this poor soul stays out at the bar until evening then arrives home as in the
past with his briefcase and Wall Street Journal under his arm so the neighbors
don’t get suspicious. The script attempts to put the darkest hue of doom above
the ex-vice-president who must now find a way to live off of his one-hundred
million in stock options while maintaining his pride, dignity, and sexual
liaison with his ex-corporation’s head of human resources.
8I sat patiently waiting for the
killer plot twist or story-stunner; but what happened at the end (spoiler
warning) 9they have to start over with new jobs and careers.
SERIOUSLY! 10They had jobs! But lowering themselves to a
significantly lessor pay-scale was equivalent to being unemployed in their
eyes. There was a scene where one of 11the major characters had
to sat on the back steps with his young teenage son (teary eyed) and
explain that 12he lost his job; not mentioning that 13there
was a construction job waiting for him if 14he wanted it
(but that was not a real job). 15Someone wrote and produced this
major motion picture with a minimum of six major actors portraying down and
out executives who once had it all and now must live off of their stock options
and lower-middle-class salaries. Honest! This was not a comedy… it was meant to
make me sad and concerned for the characters.
16I did a little investigating
myself and found that 17a large portion of individuals collecting
unemployment for the um-teenth month feel that lower paying jobs with less
benefits and options than 18their previous jobs are considered as
unacceptable, therefore 19they remain on unemployment.
Oh, if 20I could be so lucky!
Keterangan:
1. Present
Perfect Tense: S + Have/Has + V3 + O
2. Simple
Past Tense: S + to be 2 (was/were) + Adj / Noun / Adverb
3. Simple
Present Tense: S + Be + Adj / Noun / Adverb
4. Simple
Present Tense: S + Be + Adj / Noun /
Adverb
5. Present
Tense: S + V1 s/es + O
6. Present
Tense: S + V1 s/es + O
7. Present
Tense: S + V1 s/es + O
8. Simple
Past Tense: S + to be 2 (was/were) + Adj / Noun / Adverb
9. Present
Perfect Tense: S + Have/Has + V3 + O
10. Past
Perfect Tense: S + had + V3
11. Present
Perfect Tense: S + Have/Has + V3 + O
12. Present
Continuous Tense: S + be + Adj / Noun / Adverb
13. Simple
Past Tense: S + to be 2 (was/were) + Adj / Noun / Adverb
14. Simple
Past Tense: S + V2 + O
15. Past
Tense: S + V2 + O + Adj / Noun / Adverb
16. Past
Tense: S + V2 + O + Adj / Noun / Adverb
17. Present
Continuous Tense: S + be + Adj / Noun / Adverb
18. Simple
Present Tense: S + Be + Adj / Noun /
Adverb
19. Simple
Present Tense: S + Be + Adj / Noun /
Adverb
20. Past
Tense: S + V2 + O + Adj / Noun / Adverb
