Free Essays on If I Were A Millionaire

  1. Millionaire Culture

    American Millionaire Culture Many people think of Brangelina, Gene Simmons, the heiress Paris Hilton when they think of American wealth. However, these are not the typical millionaires of our culture they only represent a small portion of American wealth. The top five percent of the wealthy own over...

  2. The 21 Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires by Brian Tracy

    THE 21 SUCCESS SECRETS OF $ELF-MADE MILLIONAIRE$ BOOKS BY BRIAN TRACY Advanced Selling Strategies Effective Leadership The Gift of Self-Confidence The Great Big Book of Wisdom Little Silver Book of Prosperity Mastering Your Time Maximum Achievement The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable...

  3. Tradition and Modernity in Southeast Asia: The Cup, Slumdog Millionaire, Nine Lives

    observed country. The rise of South Asia’s newness also sparked the films The Cup (directed by Khyentse Norbu and released in 1999) and Slumdog Millionaire (directed by Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan and released in 2008). These works all strive to bring together the seeming polar opposites; they demonstrate...

  4. If I Won Lottery

    "I've won the first prize!" I couldn't explained how I feel that moment. I couldn't believe what I have seen. With my hands shivering, I passed the newspaper to my wife."It's true! The first prize is exactly 8888!" I burst into uncontrollable laughter. The first prize! I wasn't dreaming. One million...

  5. Love Conquers All: Slumdog Millionaire

    Amoore Shutt WR 121 April 28, 2011 Slumdog Millionaire I think that we all should believe that love conquers all. That if there is enough love in the relationship, it will all work out till it dies. In the case of the movie Slumdog Millionaire, for Jamal, love does conquer all. Jamal will do...

  6. The Physics of Feelings

    resist changing. Or, for that matter, perceiving that we need to change. . But becoming successful as possible requires change. Well, great. But how? I suggest is that the first step is to convince yourselfthat change is possible. If you don’t believe that you can change yourself, then you must be believingthat...

  7. Slumdog Millionaire Scene Analysis

    Sean Callahan HUMN- 391 Prof. Sundar 04/15/2011 Slumdog Millionaire Cinematic Analysis This paper will analyze a scene from Slumdog Millionaire (2008), an Indian film, directed by Danny Boyle which won much praise and many awards. The nine second shot where Jamal (Ayush Mahesh Khedekar) confronts...

  8. The Gold Rush

    that they had previously met. The prospector (McKay) finds his way around with the help of Chaplin to discover the gold, making them both multi-millionaires. Chaplin is still in love with Georgia at this time, and they manage to run into each other coincidentally on board a ship departing from Alaska...

  9. Slumdog

    In the film Slumdog Millionaire, directed by Danny Boyle, the main idea that love is able to conquer all obstacles put in front of it was worth learning about. Love’s conquering is shown through Jamal’s overcoming obstacles put in front of him – specifically his conflict with the game show host Prem...

  10. I Knew I Would Need a Lot of Courage

    I knew I would need a lot of courage to get through the day. Diseased rats scurried around my makeshift bed. The pungent, tangy smelly of refuse bags in the roaring sun made me gag. Lying sweaty and filthy on my soggy cardboard “pillow”. I knew that I wasn’t in the best place in my life, but I was determined...

  11. How Do You Define Success

    that we have not clearly defined our own terms of success. If achieving our goals does not bring fulfillment, perhaps it was someone else's goal we were aiming for. Our parents, peers and teachers may be very good at imposing their own views of what success means, but the danger is that it may not ultimately...

  12. Pop Culture Media

    is known by people, because they read it in magazines and see it on the news or any other way they get it. Music is one aspect of pop culture that I think has a great impact on society, especially teenage kids. There are a number of rappers or artist who have been through tribulation in their life...

  13. Honor

    alive that has bathe, fed, and clothe itself at its birth. all these things were provided by others. almost every good thing that a baby experiences is result of someone else's power. nowadays if you are even born in America you were most likely born because someone chose not to abort you. this means that...

  14. EDM Revolution

    If you were Calvin Harris, how would you spend $66m? It’s a dilemma he doesn’t have time to consider as he is too busy packing 7,000 capacity White-House-sized nightclubs in Las Vegas for a reported $300,000 per set. As the top electronic producer in the world, he might be earning $10,000 per fist pump...

  15. Labor Management Relations

    Association (NBA) Lockout HRMG 5930 Strayer University Dr. Brown October 08, 2013   Abstract While there were many who might have been sick of the whole NBA lockout fiasco, and were thinking the NBA lockout may have been a bad thing for all parties involved…it was clear that the lockout not only...

  16. Buah

    about’ I have been across mansion floors, down swirling staircases, tapped along a dance floor and under the seat of a boring old opera. Sam , my owner is struck down with the flu, I’m almost useless now. I need to travel, being cramped up in here makes me very frustrated, oh if only I had hands to...

  17. the jobs 2005 sppech

    loss explaining how he was fired after the finest Macintosh computer was produced and sold. The third and final story jobs told was about death. Jobs were diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer than was later told he was on his death bed with basically no cure for it. But death was not getting...

  18. Better days to come

    example of a show I can think of that supports her argument is Orange is the New Black. There are many parts of the show which one may argue is a negative depiction of African American women. I do not personally agree with Roberts’ argument for media and society as a whole, however I can see some truth...

  19. You Should Not Judge People by the Clothes They Wear

    doors». From ancient times the things people wore were not just clothes but a means of estimation. Ancient people used different accessories to show their social status. For example, tribes’ chiefs wore beads made of animal fangs,birds’ feathers. These were distinctive features of chiefe’s superiority. During...

  20. Before and After

    growing up, I had some very strong anti-military ideologies, as did many of my friends. After two of my friends joined the United States Navy, with me being a couple years later, I realized how wrong those beliefs were. My initial thoughts about the mentality of a service member were the status quo...

  21. Bill Has Gone

    on the corner and they can't speak English.  I can't even talk the way these people talk:  Why you ain't,  Where you is,  What he drive,  Where he stay,  Where he work,  Who you be...  And I blamed the kid until I heard the mother talk.  And then I heard the father talk.  Everybody knows it's...

  22. Reality Tv

    disgusting thing I think I’ve ever smelt. The leeches were really slimy and you could feel them moving around all in your mouth, it felt like you had a big loogie in your mouth. It was definitely horrible. Fear Factor: Were they clinging on to the inside of your mouth? Were they biting, were they sucking...

  23. Fight Club with Rou. Quote!

    quote is that there are basically law and rules. And interestingly I don’t mean in the sense of having governmental laws (that’s I guess a good thing, cause without these “laws” there would be chaos and craziness etc. blah blah blah hahaha). I mean the psychological chains, and those are the worst kind. They...

  24. The Cost of Healthcare

    and with the economy, many Americans are not only un-employed, but uninsured. I myself have experienced being un-insured and admitted to the hospital for a life threatening condition. Preceding my admission to the hospital I had to rely on the Emergency Department for care, because a Physician will not...

  25. film review of get hard

    Get Hard Review Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart star in the comedy Get Hard. Which is about millionaire James King (Will Ferrell) who is accused of fraud and convicted to be sent to maximum security San Quentin prison. He has thirty days to get his affairs in order so he turns to his car washer Darnell...

  26. Five

    In the migration of the talented tenth black people and black business were moving to the north. They are moving for better opportunities; for example better paying jobs and better education for themselves and their children. Most black people who had success in the north would not return to the south...

  27. An Orphan During the Great Depression

    Ferrell arrives and tells Annie she has been chosen to spend the holiday with Oliver Warbucks, a millionaire industrialist. Annie and Grace arrive at the mansion where there are a lot of servants. Annie sings I THINK I’M GONNA LIKE IT HERE. Warbucks comes back, disappointed to see Annie isn’t a boy, but...

  28. The Extreme Importance of Education Today

    today’s business world. One reason why I want to obtain a college degree is to have a base that support and complement my military training and experiences. That base and knowledge will prepare me for another chapter of my life after military retirement. I am pursuing a bachelor of science in business...

  29. Immigrants

    It was intended as a monument to the freedom found lacking in his own country of France. Bartholdi said, "I will try to glorify the Republic and Liberty over there, in the hope that someday I will find it again here." Bartholdi used his own mother as the model for the statue and devoted 21 years of...

  30. George H. W. Bush

    and the last former President who is a veteran of World War II. Bush is often referred to as "George H. W. Bush", "Bush 41", "Bush the Elder", Bush I, or "George Bush, Sr." to distinguish him from his son, former President George W. Bush. Prior to that son's fame or notability, he was widely known simply...

  31. my favourite food

    movies under the guidance of famous directors: Giuseppe de Santis, Luigi Zampa, Vittorio De Sica, Luchino Visconti and others. The plots of these films were centered around the social themes and first of all they had won the praise abroad and only then in Italy. Afterwards there came out the movies of Michelangelo...

  32. A Soilder

    about his interest in movies he replied “[I like watching them so I can] escape reality, reality is boring”. Obviously what we see in movies are a lot more thrilling than the everyday five to nine grind. I can tell that Bradley is a true red-blooded man, when I asked “why do you like playing guitar?”...

  33. The Second Amendment Controversy - Short Essay

    possible risk of the of American’s Black Slaves could revolt against White Americans, like it happened in Haiti, the mob could rule the people, that were oppressing them. It was a wide spread fear, that during the ratification of the Constitution, was a probability of a military cup too, by United States...

  34. Robber Baron

    There were major advancements made from safety and sanitation to transportation and hospitality. Eyes were opened, streets were cleaned, and pockets were filled. City life was so vulnerable to intelligent minds taking over. Although the quality of life sounded very inhospitable back then, there were still...

  35. Memories of West Street and Lepke

    to an African American person or someone with drugs, and it would be perceived as normal for the time. In other time periods these kinds of things were looked down upon or at least be seen as abnormal. In Lowell’s other poem, “Skunk Hour” the author discusses open homosexuality and how it was newly...

  36. A Literary Analysis of the Great Gatsby

    Analysis of The Great Gatsby Drastic changes were brought into American society in the mid 1920’s following World War I. The period was known as the “Roaring Twenties” as the economy soared and had rebellion in the United States. Clappers emerged and were known as rebellious women with new style changes...

  37. The Impact of Jewish Americans in the 1920's

    The United States had to make a limit of how many foreigners could become citizens. Prior to the Immigration Act of 1924, close to two million Jews were moving to America per year before this law. The act allowed less than 10,000 Jewish people to enter the U.S. per year ("Consequences of the Act of 1924")...

  38. Manaement

    because they are a part of our everyday lives. They are basically second nature. We really do not to see these as actual skills but as basic part of life. I believe one skill that a lot of people do not have, and yet we all could benefit, is simple and effective time management. Life moves fast and we usually...

  39. Read Iit, Its Your Essay Before Your Eyes!

    beginning to peel off and the cupboard doors were uneven, all the mechanical devices had gone rusty and wouldn’t work unless you hit it or something. “This kitchen needs to be changed from head to toe” she groaned while trying to stick the bread in the toast machine, “I know love, but you know how things are...

  40. Ice Hockey History

    hockey was played on frozen lakes. In conclusion, I believe it is safe to say that Ice Hockey has developed from many different sports and nations. Canada, however, is the homeland of modern hockey. In the mid 1850’s the first recorded ice hockey games were played at Hallifax and Kingston by British Soldiers...

  41. Is Gatsby Great?

    the Nevada silver fields, of the Yukon, and every rush of metal since seventy-five. The transactions in Montana coppers that made him many times a millionaire found him physically robust, but on the verge of soft-mindedness, and, suspecting this, an infinite number of women tried to separate him from his...

  42. Gay Marriage

    the government is just displaying another form of discrimination. Being a person who is familiar with what the bible says about marriage and unity, I do not feel God would send any gay couple to hell because there is love there. The only main issue with legalizing gay marriage is one of ethics. The...

  43. Biography & Interview About Kumar Sanu

    new-generation composers? Thank God I don't have to sing techno songs. Today's songs don't go with my style. I've never asked composers for songs. I'm happy with my achievements. No regrets. Do you plan to join politics? No, there is no such plans. I respect Pranab Mukherjee and I share a very good relationship...

  44. The Champion

    'em. Could it really be that simple? One of the above solutions makes sense to me. But I want to know what you think. Let me know in the comments section of ETR, right here. And then... I'll tell you what I think. [Ed. Note: Can't wait to find out how to recession-proof your portfolio? Learn how...

  45. Drought in Dharavi

    2009 Anna Botting, Sky News presenter The slum-dwellers of Dharavi still talk about when director Danny Boyle came to town to shoot Slumdog Millionaire. [pic] Trash is turned into treasure in the slums - and the community thrives He came, they say, with a small team with a handheld camera...

  46. Meritocracy

    when the others assert that it cannot. From my point of view, there are a lot of achievements rather than money although I can live without it. Sometimes, I wish to be a millionaire who does not have to worry about life with tons of burden. But it seems to be meaningless for me to come in for a well-to-do...

  47. Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyer

    Bronte    Charlotte Bronte, name of three English novelists, also sisters, whose works were world-famous in Victorian Times, have become beloved classics. The sisters Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte and Anne Bronte were born in Thornton, Yorkshire. Each sister had astonishing achievement that was praised...

  48. The Racism or Discrimination and Your Community

    Where I live in a small Pennsylvania town names South Williamsport a branch off of Williamsport with a population of around 5,997 people, I do not care to make racial decisions against others. Sadly enough, racisms is a huge issue that many people have to deal with every day. We are the home of the Little...

  49. One for All, All for Marriage

    Whether comical, dramatic, or just a box office hit, movies like Chuck and Larry depict the life of a person who is homosexual. In Chuck and Larry gays were ridiculed and looked at as outsiders. Larry has difficulties naming his children as primary beneficiaries in his life insurance due to the death of...

  50. China Through the Eyes of a Foreigner

    Ul Mulk and I belong to Pakistan. I am a foreign student studying Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering in Beihang International School. This is my first year in China and being a foreigner I can personally relate to this topic. Before coming here I had a very different image of China. I thought no one...

  51. On Taming a Beast

    “Good grief, I’m going to be late again!” I groaned, glancing at the clock in my car and then out the window. I was almost to school, and late as usual, but something else captured my attention. Several workers stood around a church sign with a stone frame and a bright florescent message board. The...

  52. The Hollywood Sign

    the Hollywood Sign, whether in movies, or in person. For years the Hollywood Sign has been a symbol of success and glamour in the movie industry, but I bet you do not know that it was almost destroyed. If it weren’t for Hugh Hefner and a few celebrities, a movie industry icon may have disappeared. ...

  53. Blame and the Sweet Hereafter

    offices and presented with the emotionally unstable parents and relatives with business cards and grandiose schemes of how they are going to make them millionaires and have there wildest dreams of wealth and riches come true. This peaks the interest of the citizens and they are incredibly keen to sue who ever...

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  55. Cask

    Edgar Allan Poe THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat. AT LENGTH I would be avenged; this was a point definitively settled...

  56. A Guide for Creative Thinking

    born a genius.” But the reason why most people do not function at genius levels is because they are not aware of how creative and smart they really are. I call it the “Schwarzenegger effect.” No one would look at a person such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and think how lucky he is to have been born with such...

  57. the list

    to remove arrests which did not lead to a finding of guilt or the placement on community supervision in a subsequent prosecution. If criminal charges were dropped, a not guilty verdict was rendered, or a conviction was overturned on appeal, a defendant would be eligible to have all records relating to...

  58. It Is Maybe Argued That Some Professional Sportsmen Are Paid Far Too Much for What They Do. What Is Your View?

    early 90’s is the ownership of clubs. In 1982 Ken Bates bought Chelsea (who at the time were struggling in the old second division) for £1 and was Chelsea’s chairman for 21 years. But in 2003 Russian Millionaire Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea for a staggering £17 million. This shows the gradual change...

  59. Globalization for a Transnational Corporation

    constructive sites. The plague kept spreading, corruption go out of control. National Parks and forest reserves were encroached upon by golf courses and resorts….” “Many instant millionaires were made but much of this new rich money was not wisely invested in productive ventures. Instead, most of it was...

  60. Community in American History

    Although there were many challenges, the development of community was a clear characteristic of this time period. In this paper I will examine the implications of “community” in the industrial work experience, the development of cities, and consumer culture and media. Times were hard and there didn’t...