Today our society is consumed with the collection of that small green piece of paper; I am talking about the dollar. Nowadays people will do anything to get their hands on it, and when it comes to getting money there is almost no boundary that we would not cross for it. This all occurred to me one day, as I was sitting back watching this adrenaline filled show called the Fear Factor. For those of you not familiar with the show, it is about a group of contestants who are challenged to perform a number of terrifying and/or disgusting stunts, anything from driving dangerous courses to eating something nasty beyond imagination. When you first watch the show you cannot help but wonder who in their right mind would undergo such outrageous obstacles, but once you realize there is a cash prize of $50,000 these challenges do not seem as outrageous. How is it that something like money could suddenly make us overcome our fears or have us doing things we thought we would never do? This show really brought to my attention that money clearly possess a certain amount of power in our society, which in turn poses an important question, how much power does this really have over us, and how far would you go for some extra money?.
As I am sitting down watching this show I realize something that all of us in some way do crazy things for money, it may not always be as extreme as jumping off of moving cars or eating a mouthful of worms like those on fear factor, but at some point we all do things in pursuit of it. Growing up as a child my biggest dream was to be a lead bassist in a rock and roll band, when I was about ten years old I got my first bass and I was ready to begin my journey. I gathered a group of friends and we began our journey to make our dreams come true. It didn't matter how long it would take, I was going to put the practice in and become great enough to make it. Now needless to say I am not the lead bass player for a world famous band, and I am not rocking out across the nation selling out arenas, but that is okay I came to a point in my life where life got real and I needed to get a job to pay some bills.
Dreams of Dollars and Daisy In order to examine the premise of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby by F. ... It celebrates the pursuit of success, fame, power and glory. ... Which in turn, creates Gatsby's pursuit of the American Dream. ...
The Bush administration's pursuit of a market driven value for the American dollar looks a lot like devaluation. ... The fall of the dollar even seems contradictory. ... This reduced demand for dollar denominated assets creates an imbalance in the supply and demand for dollars world-wide. ... As foreign investors sell their dollar denominated assets, the value of the dollar slides because of reduced demand, more foreign investors than sell their dollar denominated assets in reaction to the falling value of the dollar, and on and on. When the demand for dollars falls short of supply, as it...
While the community college may be a beginning for some in their educational pursuits, for others it may not be a reality at all. ... It is amazing that when you turn on the news, a story is being broadcast about some athlete whose salary has just increased by millions of dollars or the amount of money local cities and towns are pouring into new stadiums or some sporting event. ... Furthermore, the city of Jacksonville, is investing millions of dollars to prepare for the Superbowl, yet has many public schools that are failing the students. ... The middle class citizens that live in ...
Troy says, "Two hundred and sixty-four dollars . . . cash money. ... Now if you had two hundred dollars, what would you do . . . fix the roof or buy a TV."... His pursuit was thwarted because of Troy's actions. Cory's football pursuits were defeated by Troy because of one of two reasons. ... Cory"s lack of success in his pursuit of happiness, can be directly attributed to racism in America. ...
Since marriage is a right people have as a part of the pursuit of happiness as described by the Deceleration of Independence, restricting marriage to certain groups of people violates freedom of speech and expression. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" (Jefferson 327). ... People of this country should imagine what it is like to be a same-sex couple and imagine someone depriving them of the basic human right ...
The American Dream: A pursuit of material possessions. ... Just as the Spanish conquistadors of old thought that they would have unlimited happiness by obtaining the fountain of youth, many of American's today seek there own "fountain of youth" the pursuit of a lifestyle that will bring them happiness, the American dream. ... In all reality this is just a pursuit of material possessions and a constant strive to keep up with the Jones's. If money is the source of happiness why then do you see people like NBA stars making 10 million dollars a year overdosing on drugs and comm...
A highly qualified woman continues to make 25 cents less per dollar than an equally qualified man. ... Thomas Jefferson states in the Declaration of Independence that every person is entitled to the "unalienable" rights of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." ... Until it's not unusual to see African Americans coaching professional sports or operating leading corporations, until a woman makes the same dollar as a man, and until gays and lesbians are free to marry, a struggle for civil rights is clearly needed - even in the twenty-first century. ...
The multi-billion dollar media industry accepts corporations" money to be in your face as frequently as afforded, on the hopes that even one in thousands of consumers gets hooked. Over the course of nineteen years the "total overall ad expenditures in the United States" rose over one hundred and fifty billion dollars. ... As the corporations greedily compete for consumer dollars, consumer's financial pressures increase. ... The seemingly endless course of "brand" pursuit is not age, culture nor status specific. ...
For some universities it would cost thousands of dollars per semester. ... College is for those who pursuit a better, a more professional career. ... There are many differences between high school and college, but most had made a choice to attend college after high school to pursuit a better career, a higher education to have a better life. ...
