Can Fame And Fortune Make People Happy By Mackenzie Carro

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The article “Can Fame and Fortune Make People Happy” by Mackenzie Carro, gives evidence to support both that fame can make people happy, but also can make them very upset. I think that fame and fortune doesn’t make people happy, it may make them happy at first but eventually, makes their lives a lot harder, and may sometimes even ruin there lives. The article tells us that Justin Bieber, started doing things that he should not do, and now he tries to apologize for it. “But wait. If being a celebrity is so great, why are so many of them, kind of messed up? Take Justin Bieber. By age 16, he was cranking out chart-topping hits and earning millions of dollars on sold-out concert tours. Lately, however it seems like the 22 year-old has been spending …show more content…

This shows us that, fame is making people think they can do whatever because everyone likes them. That isn’t true, and now they, once they are older are spending every single hour thinking about the consequences, that they got from that and are trying to make it better. This isn’t the only reason why fame and fortune is ruining celebs life, is that they get absolutely NO privacy. “In an interview with Vanity Fair, Lawrence said that simply stepping outside her front door gives her anxiety. Indeed, famous people can’t so much as walk their dogs or tie their shoes without being gawked at, photographed, tweeted about, or Instagrammed.” (Carro14). This is proving, that people don’t give celebs privacy, and it makes it harder for them to just be a normal person, for just a few minutes let alone seconds outside of their homes. Celebs, because of everything now also deal with problems, that can affect their health later on, their safety and how they act around others. “Or look at Shia LaBeouf. Once a star of hit movies like Transformers, LaBeouf is now known mostly for bizarre public meltdowns and struggles with drugs and alcohol.”

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