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  • Desecration of the American Dream in Glengarry Glen Ross

    Desecration of the American Dream in Glengarry Glen Ross

    Desecration of the American Dream in Glengarry Glen Ross Glengarry Glen Ross portrays a harsh view of American business that not only contradicts, but also befouls the values of the "American Dream." The idealistic importance of fairness, equality, and the idea that hard work brings success included in this "dream" of American society is clearly not reality in this play. The values of work ethic, and equal opportunity are betrayed, and there is a

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    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Artur
  • American Dreams

    American Dreams

    The American Dream is different for everyone, though it is most commonly associated with success, freedom, and happiness. The concept of the American Dream seems to have dwindled from where it was in the past few generations. It has gone from success, freedom, and happiness to having lots of money and the nicest possessions. It has been said that Americans are no longer trying to keep up with the Joneses, and instead looking at celebrities

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    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Norman Rockwell’s World: An American Dream

    Norman Rockwell’s World: An American Dream

    Norman Rockwell’s World: An American Dream. A dreamer indeed, Norman Rockwell paintings portray American life at its best. Born in New York City in 1894 back when horse and buggy was the main transportation, along with the trolleys that filled the streets. Fun in those days was simple, a picnic in the park, play baseball in the street, or shoot marbles. His heroes when he was a kid were all illustrators. When Norman Rockwell

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    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: Jon
  • The American Dream

    The American Dream

    John Thiel Mrs. Oliver English III Period 7 March 6, 2006 “The American Dream” Jay Gatsby, the main character in the Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is many things but he is mostly one thing; he is the American dream. The American Dream is defined as “the faith held by many in the United States of America that through hard work, courage, and determination one can achieve financial prosperity” (American). Gatsby believes that if

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    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: July
  • The American Dream Is Dead

    The American Dream Is Dead

    The American Dream is dead. This is the main theme in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby. In the novel Fitzgerald gives us a glimpse into the life of the high class during the roaring twenties through the eyes of a moralistic young man named Nick Carraway. It is through the narrator's dealings with high society that readers are shown how modern values have transformed the American Dream's pure ideals into a scheme for

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    Submitted: April 9, 2010 By: July
  • Illegal's and the American Dream

    Illegal's and the American Dream

    Many Hispanics from poor Latin countries migrate to the United States in search of better life for themselves and the families they may have left behind. However, unlike many of the immigrants before them that are now embraced and celebrated for there entrance into Ellis Island we keep immigrants as slaves. They are everywhere from Park Avenue homes and West Palm Beach gardens to Beverly Hills mansions building structures, sewing and harvesting orchards, and

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    Submitted: April 11, 2010 By: Artur
  • The American Dream in American Literature

    The American Dream in American Literature

    The American Dream in American Literature Working hard is the key to success. This struggle for success is most commonly called the “American Dream.” The aspect of the American Dream has been around forever and is often the underlying theme in many pieces of American literature. The theme of the American is especially presented in Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Two Kinds writer by Amy

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    Submitted: April 13, 2010 By: Tommy
  • What Is the American Dream?

    What Is the American Dream?

    What is the American Dream? Since the start of the twentieth century America has attracted people all over the world to relocate and start a new life. For many coming to America was a chance for a better life and new things. They all had something in common, they all had a dream, that dream was the “American Dream”. In the present day the desire to achieve the dream hasn’t changed. However, the idea of

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    Submitted: April 13, 2010 By: Janna
  • Honor and the American Dream: Culture and Identity in a Chicano Community

    Honor and the American Dream: Culture and Identity in a Chicano Community

    The book, Honor and the American Dream: Culture and Identity in a Chicano Community, and the film, Salt of the Earth, both relay to their audience, the pursuit of happiness within the Chicano community in which they live. These works aim to show how Mexican-American immigrants fight to keep both their honor and value systems alive in the United States of America, a country which is foreign to their traditions. The Mexican-Americans encountered in these

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    Submitted: April 13, 2010 By: Yan
  • Today’s American Dream

    Today’s American Dream

    In today's world I believe the American dream has drastically changed from before. It used to be about finding prosperity and having a family but now it's only about enjoying life's guilty pleasures and slanders. The American dream contains the elements family, owning your own home, having a car, having a good job, freedom, respect, and money. I will now rank each element of the American dream to today's everyday life. Out of the list

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    Submitted: April 14, 2010 By: Jack
  • Robin Williams: Living the American Dream

    Robin Williams: Living the American Dream

    Robin Williams: Living the American Dream Americans are blessed with the freedoms of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Each person is entitled to pursue the true dreams and desires of his or her heart. These individualized opportunities are often referred to as the American Dream. Difficulties frequently arise on the journey to one’s dream. One must find a way to conquer these struggles to make his or her dream a reality. Through comedy

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    Submitted: April 15, 2010 By: Mikki
  • American Dream

    American Dream

    My American Dream
 Virtually anyone who's ever thought of living the good life has thought of the greatest life ever. We think of a life with endless possibilities, wild parties, going to clubs, having money to go crazy with, and just hanging out without a care in the world. When I think about it, most of my friends believe that a life of no worries and work, a life without the curse of responsibility is

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    Submitted: April 17, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Great Gatsby and the American Dream

    The Great Gatsby and the American Dream

    Many people say wealth is the key to measuring success; they are wrong. Success should be measured upon ones happiness, the friends one has and if their goals in life have been attained. It is like saying you can never buy happiness. The American dream is often considered being affluent, but once one becomes rich- if ever- that’s all he ever gains and won’t be truly happy or successful. This is confirmed time after time

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    Submitted: April 19, 2010 By: regina
  • What Is the American Dream?

    What Is the American Dream?

    What is the American Dream? The American Dream today is based on success, happiness, and money. The reason I think this is because people go through all those years of schooling to become successful. In return for being successful you make money, and because of money you can get and do the things you want, which in return makes you happy. Happiness is not all about money; it also has to do with love. Lets

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    Submitted: April 20, 2010 By: regina
  • An American Dream

    An American Dream

    that it would be an uphill climb to attend any college at all on my fixed income. All my life, I have worked mediocre, low-paying jobs. It is obvious that I cannot reach my dream without financial assistance. I sincerely hope that you will take into consideration my application for a Scholarship here at College of the Sequoias. Over the past couple years; everything in my life has drastically changed. The way that I think,

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    Submitted: April 21, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Education and the American Dream

    Education and the American Dream

    The "American dream" was a term coined by James Truslow Adams in his book, "The Epics of America." It has become a familiar slogan, but each individual's perception of this abstract phrase varies and can have multiple meanings. Although, each interpretation commonly states the American dream is the hope of an ideal life of happiness and success for all who may aspire. When I think of the American dream, I think of a "rag to

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    Submitted: April 26, 2010 By: Jack
  • Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and the American Dream

    Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and the American Dream

    Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and the American Dream The definition of “American” is belonging to or having characteristics of America. To live in America and to be an American during the colonial period or American Revolution are characteristics defined by Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson of living what is referred to as the “American Dream.” Ben Franklin as a person is an example of the American Dream because its definition applies to many of his

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    Submitted: May 5, 2010 By: Mike
  • The American Dream as It Relates to Death of a Salesman

    The American Dream as It Relates to Death of a Salesman

    The American Dream as it Relates to Death of a Salesman The theme of the American Dream is extremely prevalent in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. It is so prevalent that there are literally hundreds of different to ways to analyze how the theme is used in the play. One interesting perspective is that the different characters in the play represent different versions of the American Dream. Biff represents the 19th century version of

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    Submitted: May 8, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Today’s American Dream

    Today’s American Dream

    The American Dream is different for every person. People of different races and ethnic backgrounds have different ideas of the American Dream. People of different areas of the world have different perspectives of the dream. People from a third world country would have a different dream than someone from a major country like America or like a person from a rural setting would have a different idea than someone from the city. As someone who

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    Submitted: May 10, 2010 By: Artur
  • The Collapse of the American Dream

    The Collapse of the American Dream

    The Collapse of the American Dream Prosperity, job security, hard work and family union are some of the concepts that involves the American Dream, generally speaking. Some people think this dream is something automatically granted; or in contrast, as in the story “Death of a Salesman” written by Arthur Miller, as something that has to be achieved in order to be successful in life. The play takes issues with those in America who place to

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    Submitted: May 11, 2010 By: Bred
  • Death of the American Dream

    Death of the American Dream

    Death of the American Dream In Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, all the characters are, in one way or another, attempting to achieve a state of happiness in their lives. The main characters are divided into two groups: the rich upper class and the poorer lower class, which struggles to attain a higher position. Though the major players seek only to change their lives for the better, the idealism and spiritualism of the American Dream is

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    Submitted: May 12, 2010 By: Victor
  • Two Kinds: Setting of an American Dream

    Two Kinds: Setting of an American Dream

    Two Kinds: The Setting of an American Dream Amy Tan’s short story “Two Kinds” chronicles the childhood memories of Jing-mei, a first generation American citizen, and her mother Suyuan Woo, an immigrant to the states. This account tells of a daughters struggle between her Chinese ancestry and American expectations for success, along with her mother‘s aspirations of greatness for her daughter and Jing-mei‘s battle for her own will. Set in San Francisco in the 1950’s,

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    Submitted: May 18, 2010 By: regina
  • Failure of American Dream

    Failure of American Dream

    The American Dream is a dream that glorifies fame, the pursuit of success , and power. It is the idea if needing to have to have material goods in order to feel successful and obtain a higher status. In The Great Gatsby, The Winter Of Our Discontent, Babbitt, and Death Of A Salesman there are many similarities between the backgrounds of the main characters that attempt and fail at the American dream. In these novels,

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    Submitted: May 19, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Distrust and the American Dream

    Distrust and the American Dream

    Distrust And The American Dream Dreams and trust are two things that make life more livable. Without dreams you have nothing to work towards and without trust you have no friends you can rely on. The impossibility of the American dream and the general attitude of distrust people can have Steinbeck brings into light in his novel, Of Mice and Men. He uses empathy towards characters and situation to show that a change in these

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    Submitted: May 21, 2010 By: Fonta
  • The Great Gatsby, the Perverse American Dream

    The Great Gatsby, the Perverse American Dream

    The American Dream is an ideology that through hard, honest work and determination, you can achieve success in The United States of America. In the novel “The Great Gatsby”, F. Scott Fitzgerald alludes to the concept of The American Dream in a time just after World War 1 and he achieves this through many characters and the environment in which they live and interact in. The main character of the novel has often been characterized

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    Submitted: May 28, 2010 By: Stenly

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