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Topic: Is money the most significant factor in determining a person’s quality of life? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience or observations.
Money can change one’s life forever. It can help a impecunious student go to school but can also put a naive man into criminal ways of tricks or drugs. Therefore, while several people believe that money is the most momentous factor in determing a person’s quility, others say it only leads to unhappiness. In my opinion, money is a medium but not the most overaching aspect which decides our lives. Take “The Bet” of Chekhov and the Russian song “Million roses” for examples.
To begin with, do you remember the short story of Russian author Chekhov “The Bet”. The protagonist of this story is a young attorney who always took money for the target of life. One day, in a particular case, he and his friend bet: if the young lawyer accepted and had the ability to live fifteen years in prison, he would receive two million dollars from his friend. Before giving this harsh decision, the lawyer only thought that money was the most valuable boon of world. Having money meant he was the king of this world, even if the expense for money was freedom, youth and the most marvellous period of his life. Week after week, he got used to the prison. Playing the piano, reading books were all activities of his depressing day. He read eclectic books from philosophy to math, literature, history. Gradually, he began to realize that money was not all. He suddenly regreted about missing freedom and youth. Fifteen years was finally gone. Surprisingly, he did not receive just one cent from his friend. He rectified his own point of view: money is only a medium which supports us in a way to reach happiness and our quality of life.
Another example comes from a world-wide song “Million roses” of Russian. It is a story of a indigent artist who falls in love with a beautiful singer. Therefore, he sacrifices all his life, his career, his property. He sells everything he has in order to buy her million roses. For him, money means nothing. It is only love which can define himself and his life.
In the final analysis, we can see that money does not mean the most essential part of a person’s quality of life. It is only a medium for us to reach our goals easier and quickier. Although one can not deny that without money means one loses numerous opportunities to ameliorate life standard, one should not set money as a principle target of life. Using money wisely and evaluating its actual value will enhance our lives.
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