Monday, October 13, 2008
PROJECT 2
These days life leads you to believe that if you are rich and famous then you won’t have any problems and your life is set. If you have loads and loads of cash, a big house and fancy cars then you have no issues and nothing to worry about. Also if your wealthy that everybody will be your friend and that you will get that special someone with no problem. That belief of being rich will cure all your problems and bring you everything you need is totally wrong in a lot of ways. Being rich is great, but its not the answer to all of your problems because money is just an object and material items can’t bring a person happiness. A persons personality is what counts not what there bank account balance is. Someone could have all of the money in the world, but if they have a bad attitude and is a rude person it doesn’t matter they won’t be liked or loved genuinely. Having money will only bring a false sense of security making a person think they will have everything they will ever need but money can’t buy happiness. Love and true friendship can only come from people liking you for who you are not for what you have. Values and beliefs should only be about being a better person through self realization and self worth not material worth because materials items can be taken away, but true love for self is something that will always be with you and is what people really see.In conclusion being defined by your personality and not what you can buy will always out weigh living for money, fame and fortune. Someone once said “what is it for a man to gain the whole world but loose his soul.” Love yourself and people will love you for being you not for what you have.
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You've got a straightforward essay here that takes something that people may believe in and substitute something most readers will likely find more perusasive.
You might consider how you're answering one myth (the rich have no problems) with another (money isn't everything). At about a 1/3 of the required length, I wonder how you see yourself expanding this essay. The simple opposition between these two myths represents two world views about what is important and how one should behave. where do you see these worldviews being acted upon? what would be different if people discarded the idea of money buying happiness? since you admit that being rich is great, do these world views really conflict with each other?
Consider engaging with some sort of real examples. You say that "life leads" people to believe that the rich have no problems. where precisely do you see this myth being repeated? What sort of representations do you see that are based on this myth? where do you see materialism being practiced? where do you see your college supporting these myths?
It's not that I disagree with your statements, it's just that I wonder whether readers will see this as an issue or not. would anyone seriously take the view that money will buy you happiness? If not, why do you believe that this myth is so persistent? why does it have staying power when it is so obviously wrong?
I look forward to your revised draft.
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