Written by: Simone Shree Pathak - 24006, Grade X
Posted on: 03 March, 2022
One gets famous when they’ve reached a commendable feat and achieved success. People also get famous when they’re celebrities or if they’re influencers. Fame and success can change one's life completely. People can go from having no means of living to having almost everything because of fame. It plays a big role in making a person and also breaking a person. When you have a widespread reputation around, it really also impacts your life in many ways. The impacts can always have a negative or a positive ring to it.
Fame has always affected one’s life. It influences a person’s status in the society. Many people are famous for their achievements, sayings, works, careers and social activities. However, it is undoubtedly true that most people get famous from the entertainment industry. The entertainment industry holds a lot of fame in general along with the people working in the industry. Fame can always play out in an unpredictable manner. It can impact a person’s life heavily.
There are many ways of how fame can play out in a person’s life. Fame can always give a person success however we shouldn’t forget that everyone has a different perception of success. One’s social standing can easily change because of the fame they receive. It changes the way of how society views them. For example, if the society was scorning at one person before and they suddenly become famous, maybe from the entertainment industry; the society will change the way they looked at that person immediately. And sometimes it can also change the way of how a person views themselves. It is good to have confidence in yourself however people sometimes tend to get cocky and arrogant after getting fame. This is very common these days especially. When one starts getting fame in the entertainment industry or anywhere even, they sometimes tend to get a little too prideful. People even sometimes start to think that they are the center of the world and everything else revolves around them.
Similarly, fame can also have other impacts. One of them would be how they completely take over and influence one's life. Fame isn’t always a good thing and it also isn’t always wanted. Sometimes the audience or the viewers dwell about a famous figure too often and they tend to get nosy. There is also no personal space given to many stars and figures. Most of the time, the audience is just waiting for the celebrity to make a single mistake and turn it into a big issue. This problem has been going around for a long time now. Celebrities are loved by many but are also constantly torn down. Every action they make gets monitored and watched just waiting for them to make a single mistake. This is also how cancel culture gets introduced in the picture.
In my opinion, one really shouldn’t let fame get in the way of living their life. Happiness and satisfaction is what really matters and people’s negative opinions should just be ignored as they are useless to be paid attention to. It is also important for us to maintain our moral principles and values in the face of fame. No matter how tempting it may be we should never give in to the pleasure of being famous and stick to our principles.
