Scrooge McDuck is one of the most well-known, nice and popular Disney characters. However, he has hidden facets (many emotional deficiencies and family problems), can´t disguise his bad mood and treats people badly.
Even though McDuck is bold, cunning, skilled and seems to be happy, he isn´t. Rather, McDuck has lost his way in life, almost nothing satisfies him, suffers from certain level of frustration, resentment and depression, and is a workaholic affected by burn-out and chronic dissatisfaction. In this regard, he isn´t satisfied with his new achievements and is always looking for more and more lucrative business. More than a winner, McDuck is a victim, who is not resilient, and hasn´t been able to find the meaning of life or direct it to achieve happiness.
In addition to this, within a complex personality (but similar to that of a postmodern human being, who seeks to enrich himself at all costs, and based in principle on that of Ebenezer Scrooge), McDuck is obsessed with his first coin and values it more than all his riches together. So: Why is McDuck so concerned about keeping his first coin?
INDEX
I. INTRODUCTION
II. THE EXTRAORDINARY HUMAN NATURE
II.1 THE HUMAN NEEDS
II.2 THE HUMAN RATIONALITY
II.3 THE ADVERSE HUMAN QUALITIES
II.3.1 THE MERIT-FAULT DOUBLE STANDARD
II.3.2 ENVY
II.3.3 FRUSTRATION
II.3.4 RESENTMENT
II.3.5 DEPRESSION
II.3.6 EXHAUSTATION OR BURN-OUT
II.3.7 BOREDOM OR BORE-OUT
II.3.8 CHRONIC DISSATISFACTION
II.4 THE FAVORABLE HUMAN QUALITIES
II.4.1 THE COGNITIVE CAPACITY
II.4.2 LOVE
II.4.3 MOTIVATION
II.4.4 RESILIENCE
II.5 CONCLUSIONS ON THE EXTRAORDINARY HUMAN NATURE
III. SCROOGE MCDUCK’S COMPLEX PERSONALITY
III.1 THE PREDECESSOR OF SCROOGE MCDUCK
III.2 THE STORY OF SCROOGE MCDUCK
III.3 THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EBENEZER SCROOGE AND SCROOGE MCDUCK
III.4 THE GREAT FAILURE OF SCROOGE MCDUCK
III.5 THE COLOSSAL ERRORS OF SCROOGE MCDUCK
III.6 CONCLUSIONS ON SCROOGE MCDUCK’S COMPLEX PERSONALITY
IV. MONEY AND SCROOGE MCDUCK’S FIRST COIN
IV.1 THE DEFINITION OF MONEY
IV.2 A BRIEF HISTORY OF MONEY
IV.3 THE RELEVANCE OF MONEY
IV.4 THE DISADVANTAGES OF MONEY
IV.5 SCROOGE MCDUCK’S FIRST COIN
IV.6 CONCLUSIONS ON MONEY AND SCROOGE MCDUCK’S FIRST COIN
V. CONCLUSIONS
VI. RECOMMENDATIONS
VII. BIBLIOGRAPHY
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