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Wealth Fame
Ahmed Al-Matari
Compare & Contrast Essay
Professor Marine
Thursday 20th, November 2014
Qualities of Life
Wealth and fame are two qualities that are often hard to differentiate; yet they are very often intertwined. Therefore, we ask ourselves this: is it money or fame that makes a person? Both elements are desired by almost all humanity. Fame and wealth differ and are similar in many ways. Fame is easier to achieve than wealth, fame doesn’t mean necessarily being rich, and money is more desired than fame. People that are well known for what they did are famous. People that have an extraordinary sum of money are referred to as rich or wealthy, depending on the extent of their wealth. Riches can lead to fame and also vice versa. The major difference between fame and wealth are that you can be rich without being famous, and also you can be famous without being rich.
These two words are repeated in roughly every single rapper's song, they are what rappers die trying to get and some end up having it. Both are splendid features to own because they instill a sense of power and voice to be heard in the world. Money can be used in endless ways and to solve all problems except health wise. It usually takes ten to twenty years to create one's wealth, on the condition that a person is conservative of his money and wise and resourceful in handling it. This clearly portrays the level of difficulty of how big money is usually earned. Where on the other hand, fame could be gained easily by doing something stupid and posting it on a social media. This shows that wealth is what everyone desires and how challenging it is to own.
Being famous doesn’t necessarily indicate one being rich and this is the feature that separates them and makes a huge difference. It is because you can know a lot of people and plenty of people could know you just because you’re a good person that contributes to the world; you could be a person that goes around to different parts of the world and discovers

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