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Essay / Essay on Supernatural Causes - 1314
Having a good income releases extra stress from people's lives. In the film, the narrator compares people with different incomes, the narrator interviews these two different families in order to observe how income can influence people's health. According to the narrator: “In some areas, people die twice, five, even ten years earlier than in others. Cancer and heart disease are almost twice as common in some areas as in others. (Page 2) Unnatural cause: the narrator observes two districts of Louisiana; one area is populated by a low-income working class, and the other the opposite. The narrator interviews Jim Taylor, a man in his sixties who is the CEO of a hospital. During the interview, Taylor expressed his opinions on the benefits of living in a effluent community. Like having less stress, being able to exercise without being afraid of being attacked. On the other hand, for someone who lives in a working-class community, it is more difficult to have a healthy lifestyle due to lack of time, security, and desires. When it comes to desire, working class people have to work long hours in factories to earn at least 20,000.00 a year, so they end their days extremely tired. Additionally, wealthy people can afford better quality food. Thus, low-income people prefer to purchase food based on quantity rather than quality. In fact, social stress is the most common