Personal Statement: If I Want To Be Paid

“What would you do if you had a million dollars?” this is the question that is constantly presented to numerous characters within the film. The purpose of the question is to examine and observe what that particular characters ideal version of the American Dream is. For Peter Gibbons his answer would be to sit at home all day and do absolutely nothing. His life would be free from stress and he would simply do all the things he would want to do such as fish. Peter’s American Dream is absolute freedom, he wants to be able to do anything he wants to do whenever he wants to do. In sharp contrast is one of his co-workers Samir, who answers the million dollar question with investing half the money into stocks to diversify his portfolio, and the other half into securities. Samir’s version of the American dream is continuously climbing the ladder, he wouldn’t be satisfied with simply being successful he’d want even more success and more wealth. This is a crucial theme of the film because it shows the dichotomy of perspectives amongst society. There are those who want to keep climbing the ladder, and then there are those who simply want to leap off and

One option I have is to save it up for my truck that I really want to lift and add a muffler to. My second option is to spend it on some new pairs of shoes

My mother once said, “Spend your money wisely.” Ever since then I have. Now I want to spend my money on something special, like seeing my sister in Hawaii. In order to have these special things I have to earn money.

Money is the main goal some people shoot for because they consider it as a fundamental key for success; in fact many believe that having a lot of money means success. For this type of person to achieve his goal, it starts with going

Ever since I can remember I have always been passionate about helping other people, which then sparked my desire to continue my education. As I began to grow older I witnessed my four brothers drop out of high school, and that lead to the expectation

make? Was it something you had a strong passion for? Was your purpose to help others? George

I don’t struggle with this as much but i do struggle with it, it is hard to save money and try not to spend it. Expectly if it is things you need you have to

I am very interested in my money, however I am not obsessed with making or saving

I am a firm believer in taking care of home first, so I spend very little

work would pay off in the end. The only person that could stop me, was me. When I finished school, and

Most of us don’t appreciate what we have and despise those who have what we can’t afford. Growing up, my parents rarely denied me new toys, but subconsciously, I knew I should not ask for unnecessary items. Up to this day, I don’t remember a time when I bought something without asking myself multiple times, “How much do I really need this?” This is because my family has never been in a financial position in which we could afford anything and everything we wanted. Just like Mark Twain said, “I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me that position,” I personally would not be able to handle the responsibility which comes with having money at easy disposal because of how I was raised.

work and achieve my goals. This all will come together, of course, with the help of the

Money is something everyone is pursuing and some people exhaust themselves to get it. People work countless hours in jobs they hate, waking up everyday going to their same cubicle working from 9 to 5 and going home feeling miserable and stressed. It’s not about finding a job that makes you a lot of money, it's about doing something that makes you feel good about your work and passionate about what you do. Finding a job that is not only meaningful to you but also helping someone else, nothing will make you feel better than that. Having a job that is bettering someone else’s life and bettering your own financially is the best job you can have.

First, I would find the cure for cancer and other non-curable diseases like diabetes. My mom and grandma both have diabetes. If they did not, then we could all do more things together. Money has always been a problem with my family. In addition, if they did not have to pay for all their medication cause of the problems

We have come to a point where we have so many things we don’t know what to do with them. We forget about half of the items we own, we get a new phone, not because the old one is broken but just because the word old has been added to its name. It is becoming a vicious cycle of buying and spending money.