The concepts used in this research are many but with the emphasis on consumerism based on the work of Stearns (2001) and his theories of how consumerism originated in the West, where it then spread across the Atlantic to the United States in the eighteenth century and became a global phenomenon later on. Consumption is the act of purchasing and consuming but consumerism is when people over-consume and spend more than necessary and this is what is happening to today’s societies, where consumption, owning material things and luxurious lifestyle mean better living.