Between the 1960s and 1980s, Americans' priorities shifted from a patriotic concern for the well-being of the country to a concern for self-progress. “A 1980 study conducted by UCLA and the American Council on Education indicated that college freshmen were more interested in status, power and money than at any time in the past 15 years. Business management was the most popular major” (Whitley). Similarly, in the graphic novel Sin City, written by Frank Miller, wealth, power, and status play an important role in the outcome and setting of the book. The main character, Marv, is a strong, lonely man who has a personal vendetta against the most powerful man in Sin City, Cardinal Roark. Miller sheds light on the culturally prevalent desire for power, status, and wealth that manifested itself in the late 1970s. The purpose of this book is to show its readers, the adults of the 1990s, what kinds of mistakes and corruption occurred in the generation before them. It does this by portraying wealthy figures as all-powerful, exposing the environment that generates unequal distribution of wealth, and uses Marv as a figure the audience can identify with. Although it's a cliché, "being drunk on power" can be true. to its meaning, because people in power can act in a completely senseless way. Based on the information provided to readers by Marv, Cardinal Roark is publicly known as a man of God, a war hero, a philanthropist, an educator, and the most powerful man in the state (Miller). Marv believes he is the most powerful man in the state because he has the ability to topple mayors and elect the governor of his choice. No matter what a person may believe the definition of “power” is, it is a fact that one way to power is through wealth. Roark is a... medium of paper... warns them of their future in the financial market. Even though Miller wrote this novel in 1991 on the trends of the 80s, the graphic novel is still relevant today. In fact, the distribution is even more unbalanced than 20 years ago. “In 2007, the richest 1% of families (the upper class) owned 34.6% of all private wealth, and the next 19% (the managerial, professional and small business strata) owned 50%, 5%, meaning that only 20% of families owned 34.6% of all private wealth. % of the population owned a remarkable 85%, leaving only 15% of the wealth to the bottom 80% (wage workers)” (Domhoff). These data show that we should be extremely concerned about the trend of wealth distribution in the United States. More equitable distribution is healthy for the average citizen because it allows us to thrive in an environment that offers us greater opportunities to move up in economic society.