part 1 Glenn(Shuren Xu)

The American dream has been demonstrated in the movies and basketball matches through heroism, which is a realistic way to present it. And this has changed the outlooks on world, outlooks on life and outlooks on values of those who watched media significantly.

 

the movie Interstellar

For instance, in the movie Interstellar, Cooper was defiantly a hero. His story was highly consistent with the American dream. Interstellar was basically talking about a group of people tried to find another planet to build a colony since the earth was not suitable to live anymore. Cooper and others tried to finish one of their plans so badly. At last they made both plan A and plan B. Creating a successful hero with hard work that have done is more easily acceptable for the audience. And since the American dream passed by the movies is supposed to be accepted rather than abandoned, almost all of this kind of movies presented it in a realistic way.

 

Kobe Bryant

Furthermore, the stories of famous basketball players had illustrated it as well. Once a reporter asked Kobe Bryant why he was so successful, and he answered: “Do you know how Los Angeles looks every morning at 4 a.m.?” Kobe was defiantly a hero of Lakers. In addition to his basketball skills, his hard training is also well known, which is apparently connected to the American dream. The biggest benefit to demonstrate American dream through heroes might be that people would follow them without doubts.