Part 1 Lynn (Runlin) Dong

My opinion about the American Dream ๐ŸŒผ

As James Truslow Adams said in 1931, the American Dream represent a dream which everyone has the equal right and opportunity to realize their goals, achieve the happiness, and become successful. ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–However, in my perspective, this pursuit of self-accomplishment will make people pay too much attention on themselves, and it may cause people to lack the ability of listening and understanding others. In another words, the American Dream will change people in society into isolated islands, and make the gap between each other wider and wider.๐Ÿ’ฃ๐Ÿ’ฃ No sympathy, no caring, no understandingโ€ฆโ€ฆ. People will hard to feel any emotional connections about others!!! ๐Ÿ˜ฑThe whole world will be filled with indifferent people and selfish guysโ€ฆโ€ฆ๐Ÿ˜”

The American Dream๏ผ

๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป

My Personal Experience๐ŸŒผ

When I was 16, I went to a high school which is full of outstanding students from my hometown. All my classmates were diligent, hardworking and competitive. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘We all had a dream to be admitted to a good university, so we worked hard 24/7, and participated activities a lot.๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜€ However, we were so devoted to our own dream that we were not willing to โ€œwasteโ€ our time to help others.๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’”

For example, I once had a math problem, and I asked my desk mate for help. ๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿ’จ

She was doing the same math homework at that time, but she just covered her answer with her hand and refused me with an excuse like she was unsure about her answer. I was very sad at that timeโ€ฆโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ˜”๐Ÿ˜”๐Ÿ˜”It may be because I was a competitor for her, or she thought it didnโ€™t worth wasting her time to teach me. No matter what the reason is, the pursuit of self-accomplishment will definitely lead to competition and exclusive behavior.  People will stay away from others, and gradually become selfish and indifferent.  ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ’ฃ



              ๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒป


Here is an Example๐ŸŒผ



In the beginning of the movie Joker, the main character Arthur is on a bus going home. As a comedian, he is making funny face at the little boy in front of him to make him laugh.๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜€ ๐ŸŒžHowever, when the boyโ€™s mother turns around to see who is playing with her son and she sees Arthur, she immediately cold her face and requires him โ€œstop bothering my sonโ€.๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’” At this scene we can see that, on the one hand, the woman doesnโ€™t trust a stranger like Arthur; ๐Ÿ˜”on the other hand, the woman doesnโ€™t want any social interaction with others. ๐Ÿ’ฃThis vigilance and exclusion of social interaction reflect peopleโ€™s isolation and indifference towards others. Due to the American Dream which advocates self-accomplishment and competition, people will become more and more selfish and cold-blood than the woman in the movie.๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ


links:

๐Ÿ‘‰https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Truslow_Adams
๐Ÿ‘‰https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_(2019_film)












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