Analysis Of Three Idiots

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Nowadays, the majority of people in our society falls into great obsession with materialistic possessions from fancy cars, expensive smart phones to designer clothing, which to some extent is due to the growing increase of consumer culture. It is a pity that they do not attach enough importance to the spiritual parts of life. Of course people are every bit entitled to pursue material enjoyments; however, the point is that people break the balance so that they will not sense the true essence of remarkable lives. As far as I am concerned, people will reap more benefits from spiritual satisfactions than material enjoyments.
For those who are enchanted with material enjoyments, chances are that they will ignore true enjoyments of life. Advanced
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Three Idiots shows exactly how a student who pays his whole attention to scientific enquiry ascends to the top of the mountain of success. Rancho, our hero in this Indian movie, is a peculiar boy attending ICE (short name for Imperial College of Engineering) top prevalent understanding. ICE is an elite university ranking number one in India and the best spring board for acquiring visas to the US. Students here are taught to merely absorb everything you are lectured and their only end in their whole life is to be rich with their knowledge. Not including Rancho. He dares to challenge the raging idea of success when he does not study for high salary and chance to emigrate to the US. Almost all his fellows and lecturers believe firmly that he is nothing but an idiot for his difference from others who cram blindly in order to get certificate and degree. While other students are worrying about their grades, credits and future career, he learns extensively about engineering out of his own interest rather than expectations of parents and requirements of professors. He is curious about knowledge because he loves gratification brought about by science while others are forced to study because knowledge makes them rich. What happens at last? “ Silencer”, nickname of one typical student learning to be rich, becomes vice president of a Japanese company. He has almost

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