An Analysis Of The American Dream, Directed By Rajkumar Hirani '

Does the starting point of becoming successful depends only on how wealthy you are and how your family supports you financially? Does the American Dream only accessible to people from upper class? The majority of people tends to believe that most of the time, successful people came from an upper class whose parents have a good educational background and stable income. Although this is agreeable, the truth is that lower income classes are more determined and hardworking when it comes to being successful and they too, can achieve the American Dream. They have persisted in upward mobility to become a better or successful person than that of their parents. The 2009 Indian movie directed by Rajkumar Hirani, “3 idiots” emphasized this based on three

Not only does class differences play a major role in the gap between the rich and the poor, it also plays a big role in the parent 's itself: the hope of their children becoming a finer person. Because lower class parents were not able to fulfill their dreams, they carried on their dreams through their children. This can carry a positive influence, but also negative at the same time. In the movie, Rancho friend’s Raju attempts to commit suicide because of the expectation from his family to be the top student in his class and be successful like everyone else, so he could pay his family bills and the dowry of his sister and the fear of failure. Since he was not fully capable yet at that time, he has foreseen what his parents might do or how the society might say about him when he goes back. The movie portrays how in contrast to parents expectation, parents don’t think about their child mental and physical ability or they wouldn 't let them pursue what they wanted to do in life, but instead forced them to pursue the goal that they had planned for them. Because parents often does not understand fully about their children 's potential and or their struggles, it could lead to their children being lost focus on what their parents want to do and eventually losing hope of achieving the American Dream. Furthermore, it can also stop them from having the upward