Thursday, October 8, 2009

Work in Tuesdays With Morrie

In the movie, Tuesdays With Morrie, Mitch clearly values his job and considers himself successful. Mitch recieved a good education, works hard, long, hours, and earns a decent salary. In America today, these are accomplishments that most people link to success. However, success does not always mean making a lot of money and having a job. I'm sure that success has many other meanings and interpretations in different cultures. Americans today believe that poor or homeless people are unsuccessful just because they dont have expensive material possessions. In reality, these people could actually be very successful in their own mind. They could be in love, or have a family that they care about. Therefore, success is different for everyone. For example, Mitch may be successful in the business world, but for awhile, he was not successful with having a wife and a family to take care of. To people in other cultures, Mitch might not seem to be as successful as Americans believe that he is, because he did not have many other things going for him other than making money and working long hours. The idea that a person can only be successful if they make a lot of money and buy expensive things, is installed in Americans at a very young age. This idea of success follows young Americans through high school and college, when they desperately strive to find a good career with a high salary. If they do not find these things, then they will probbaly consider themselves unsuccessful, when actually, they can find success in many other forms, such as love, personal growth, or helping other people.

2 comments:

  1. I think that America puts too much emphasis on success than on significance: how you can affect others' lives.

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  2. yeah i agree with ben americans only care about success and nothing else

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