American Dream In The Film Social Media
The American Dream in the Film Social Media
The American Dream is described as having the opportunity to achieve success by hard work, determination, dedication, access to education, and equality (Freese). At one time the American dream was the ability to put a roof over you and your family’s heads. To change the world is now the new American dream. Though struggles and unexpected tribulations will more times than none occur, and success and failure may be the outcome, it’s the possibility of that dream that keeps it afloat. Satisfaction of accomplishment from the success of a dream defines “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” from the United States Declaration of Independence. Vince Lombardi said, “The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand (Lombardi).” The film “Social Media” is about a young college student named Mark Zuckerberg who has a vision of building a social networking site that he believes will gain him popularity and ultimately social and financial success …show more content…
We see that a young man created a vision that quickly and ultimately became a huge success. The network gained over one million users in record time making it the number one most used networking site in the world. It eventually became a $100 billion dollar company over a period of time (Turner). Although money does not equal happiness it is a number that can measure the success of the company. Mark Zuckerberg ultimately gained the social status that he so desperately sought after and in turn became an internationally known man who was worth millions of dollars (Sklar). The American dream stood for the pursuit of happiness but Mark Zuckerberg’s story depicted in the film, “The Social Network” depicted the new American dream of changing the
The American Dream is described as having the opportunity to achieve success by hard work, determination, dedication, access to education, and equality (Freese). At one time the American dream was the ability to put a roof over you and your family’s heads. To change the world is now the new American dream. Though struggles and unexpected tribulations will more times than none occur, and success and failure may be the outcome, it’s the possibility of that dream that keeps it afloat. Satisfaction of accomplishment from the success of a dream defines “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” from the United States Declaration of Independence. Vince Lombardi said, “The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand (Lombardi).” The film “Social Media” is about a young college student named Mark Zuckerberg who has a vision of building a social networking site that he believes will gain him popularity and ultimately social and financial success …show more content…
We see that a young man created a vision that quickly and ultimately became a huge success. The network gained over one million users in record time making it the number one most used networking site in the world. It eventually became a $100 billion dollar company over a period of time (Turner). Although money does not equal happiness it is a number that can measure the success of the company. Mark Zuckerberg ultimately gained the social status that he so desperately sought after and in turn became an internationally known man who was worth millions of dollars (Sklar). The American dream stood for the pursuit of happiness but Mark Zuckerberg’s story depicted in the film, “The Social Network” depicted the new American dream of changing the