Contaminated Motives
The very essence of money creates an urge of human nature to obtain it, and have an excess of it. Fame and money go hand in hand; if you have one, you have the other. One also must understand that money equals power; people aspire to money. When people come into wealth and begin rising to the top of the social ladder, history dictates they usually become corrupted, and sometimes compromise their personal values. Do they believe this is for the common good, or merely for personal benefit? In the novels Great Expectations and The Great Gatsby, the protagonists, Pip and Jay Gatsby respectively, believe their prospers are used for the common good, but in reality many values are being compromised. The cliche, "Money cannot buy happiness" exemplifies the opposite of what Pip and Gatsby believe, in that both utilize their money in what they believe to be a valiant attempt to bring the women they love into their lives. Along the way to achieving this "goal", they violated ethics, which in turn changed them as people. Although money serves as a driving force for individuals, it does not counter the negative effects that are induced during the process. Therefore, money is the root of all evil.
Rodman, Dennis. http://mrshowbiz.go.com/people/dennisrodman/index.html Dennis Rodman is another celebrity that as a child wished to become more than customary to the public. Pip and Rodman are found to have some parallels between them. Rodman's home life was filled with abuse and lack of funds, comparable to Pip's home. This forced him to get many jobs and become independent in order to progress in life with any hope of being something. Through all the dead-end jobs he worked, nothing seemed to be working out for him until around his twentieth birthday. Some powerful growth hormones kicked in and left him standing a whopping six feet, eleven inches. When this happened, Dennis was offered basketball scholarships from all over the country. Today, we see his persistent acts to be different via tattoos, hair dyes, and many antics. The point is that Dennis Rodman strived to be uncommon just like Pip. The only difference is, they achieved their goals in vastly different ways and the results were extremely different. Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "The Great Gatsby" Matthew J. Brucolli and Samuel J. Lanahan, 1991 When people rise to fame in today's society, they usually retain great amounts of wealth and public recognition. Tupac Shakur can be found to have a direct correlation with Gatsby. Both were brought up poor and did not have much to show for themselves. Because of this, they used their mediocrity as a means of motivation to rise to the top of the world and create a distinct advantage over others. Tupac asserted himself through gangs to get somewhere in life; much like Gatsby did with Dan Cody and the illegalities he stood for. Throughout his life, he embodied these gangs for stability and manipulated them to get to the top. He eventually reached his destination and acted in various movies, and produced various rap albums, which in turn erect
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