Answer the following question:

Do you think it was right on Jack's part to buy so many things on installment basis? Why/Why not? What would you have bought on installments if you were in Jack's place?

No, it was not right on Jack’s part to buy so many things on installment. This play talks about the demerits of installment basis which leads one to overspend. Jack and Jill were a newly married couple who wanted all sorts of luxuries and because of this reason were attracted to the credit facilities. They buy many things for their new house on installment basis. In a way even their child’s birth was also owed to Dr. Martin as his full bill wasn’t cleared. They lived a lavish life but on the basis of loans. They were kind of trapped in the debt cycle. In today’s modern times, young people tend to indulgence in buying things on credit over and above their capacity to spend or repay the loan. They enjoy the charm of a lavish life but ultimately lose their mental peace worrying about how to make the repayment. Thus this play stimulates our thought process and gives us an insight into the adverse effects of hire-purchase system. . If I were in Jack’s place I would have bought some home appliances within my budget that would help me balance my day to day expenses along with the weekly installments.

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Yes, Jack was right in his decision to buy so many things on installment basis because it was his dream of leading a standard life which made him a spendthrift. He had responsibility of wife Jill & a baby.He just wanted to be a good husband and father. He wanted to give his family all the luxuries. Also somewhere deep down he knew that it would be difficult for him to afford all those luxuries at any point in life and hire-purchase system was one way he could enjoy all of it.