Question 9
As in English idiom, keeping up with the Joneses means trying to do things which the neighbours, especially those of high status. In other words, it means straining oneself to live up to the …………6………… of others a social animals, human beings will always live forever in groups and collectively form societies. It is often said that no man is an island unto himself. Humans are …………7………… . The fact that they live together means they influence one another. There is the issue of peer pressure, among others. Keeping with the Joneses is a factor that can cause so much debilitation to personal ………8……… . In a society like ours, that is even more significant. The Nigerian society is not individualistic. Rather, it is collective in nature, such that the influence can be very extensive. Many people are in ………9……… in their keeping up with the Joneses. The social factor, of ‘Let us do it the way others have been doing it’ has caused a lot of avoidable financial hassles in peoples life.
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