Analysis Of The Documentary, Park Avenue: Money, And The American Dream
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The documentary, Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream, focus on the Park Avenue, on the upper east side of Manhattan, was the wealthiest neighborhood in New York City. This is where the people at the top of live; they are ultra rich. Be that as it may, only ten minutes north, over the Harlem River, is another Park Avenue in the South Bronx, where more than a large portion of the populace depends on government sustenance stamps to survive. On this street, there is a lot more about the money, which is about political power. In the most recent 30 years, the hole between the rich and the poor in America has altogether augmented. The rich are getting wealthier and numerous are utilizing their riches to guarantee it stays along these…show more content… Also, the American dream is that everyone’s got equal opportunity that you just need to decide to play; but in the fact they are a large of group people experience the game is unfair. The opportunities are not there because all the rules have been decided, the properties already been bought up, and the money’s already in the hands of the other players. Then, a statement said by Pastor Dunkley, ‘There is nothing wrong about being rich; God wants all his children to be rich. But don’t be rich at a place where you aren’t thinking about anybody else.’ I really appreciate this statement. On my perspective, this statement means that to be rich is not an evil to live in this world. I found that people between rich and poor have a lot different thinking on the aspect of money. Rich people have an action mentality, which means the riches believe they have to ‘be’ something to get rich by acquiring specific knowledge. On the contrary, the norms think the road to riches is paved with formal education and to ‘do’ something to get rich. Hence, from this statement it turns out that the money could not corrupt power in the society, and being rich is a right thing and it is God’s expectation for people’s living, based on the premise that to be engaged into the public and thinking about