Category: American Dream

The American Dream is a held belief of aspiration, in which the American people should pursue opportunities towards success through hard work and determination. The Dream acts as an inspiration, by giving Americans a positive outlook for a better tomorrow. In poems, such as Walt Whitmans I Hear America Singing and Let America be America…

America has had a huge past time full of wars, partys, economic failures, and some great Presidents. The United States has had its ups and downs but, has always overcome its problems. The United States has had some Presidents and other great people like Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Lincoln but they, unfortunately, were…

Is the American Dream nothing but its once former glory? Many people perceive the idea of America in a number of ways. Those with a more prerogative background believe that American society is perfect as it is and everyone receives fair opportunities. Its the foundation of US society, in which it conveys the promise of…

People often debate what the true meaning of the American dream is. Is it a perfect family? Marrying your high school sweetheart? Having a mansion? If you agree with James Truslow Adams, you see the American Dream as simply just being,  an opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. I feel as if…

Arthur Miller himself once stated that the play is tricky to categorize because none of its characters stand up and make a speech about the great issues which he believes it embodies. This is also a problem for anyone who would attempt to develop a clear idea about what messages Death of a Salesman attempts…

Disneys Snow White was released in 1937. The protagonist is a young girl, named Snow White, and the Evil Queen, her stepmother, wishes to kill her so she can become the fairest of them all. She orders a huntsman to kill her in the forest. He cannot stand to do so and tells Snow to…

The message Disney is trying to say is simply if you have a good heart, good thing will eventually happen. The American dream was showed when then the fairy brought the puppet to life-giving him the opportunity telling him Boys who minister tenderly to their parents, and assist them in their misery and infirmities, are…

Tennessee Williams play, The Glass Menagerie and Baz Luhrmanns film, The Great Gatsby both explore the illusion of the American dream through their criticism of society and the acknowledgement of the repercussions of the pursuit of happiness. The main ideas that dreams are illusions and the past impacts the present is primarily focused in both…

In Of Mice and Men, it is clear that America did not achieve what it promised in the Great American Dream. The American government did not initiate any policies to protect the interests of workers and the poor, causing them to be constantly abused and mistreated and forcing them to adhere to long working hours…

Picture this: the United States just faced the worlds worst economic downfall in the history of industrialization. The Great Depression. It is at the period of time, between 1929 to 1939, when jobs are slim to none. A young woman finds herself in a difficult situation. Driven by the futility of the American Dream, she…