Throughout his article “How a TV Sitcom Triggered the Downfall of Western Civilization”, David Hopkins describes the nature of the Millennial generation by pointing out the obvious flaws of the age group that has altered the course of society. He explains that the attitudes and lifestyles of U.S. citizens were modified because of the contents of the very popular TV Sitcom, Friends. My thoughts, however, differ from Hopkins; I believe that it is an extreme exaggeration to blame the downfall of Western Civilization on a Television show. Hopkins displays a lot evidence to back up his point by discussing some of the events that followed the airing of the beloved sitcom such as “Paris Hilton [starting] her own lifestyle brand” or “Joey Tribbiani
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Throughout the novel, Lennie holds out hope of a better future and of his American Dream being fulfilled. Although he appears to be mentally insane, John Steinbeck displays Lennie’s good intentions with the mice and rabbits. Moreover, Lennie’s ideals are thrusted onto him when George says “we’ll have a big vegetable patch and a rabbit hutch and chickens,” thus beginning Lennie’s obsession of rabbits (Steinbeck 14). I feel that if Lennie was more similar to the mouse that is portrayed within Burns’ poem, “To a Mouse”, he would be alive. Lennie needed to not think about the past and future, because “the best laid schemes of mice and men/ Go often askew” (Burns 1). Burns tells the mouse that “[he is] blest, compared with [Burns]! The present only touches [him]. Furthermore, Lennie instills the American Dream into the other outcasts of the group of men, Candy and Crooks. Candy, because of Lennie’s hope within his tone, is fully on board with Lennie’s plan, and pledges all of his saved money in order to assist in the effort of buying a piece of land. Crooks, as the only black person on the farm, was never truly given the opportunity to live out his dream, but Lennie gives him a chance to believe in the American Dream. By the end of the book Lennie is killed by George in order to put him out of his …show more content…
Therefore, the base was set in order for emancipated African Americans to be implemented into the American Society smoothly. Before World War II, African Americans were considered inferior, so they did not have an opportunity to serve their country the way they wanted to. This parallels with the story that Coates describes in his book that Prince Jones was not given the chance to be successful. If African Americans were equal without segregation, the United States military forces would have been much more powerful in World War II and the Vietnam War. In contradiction to this idea, John O'Sullivan in an excerpt from “The Great Nation of Futurity” says the United States are “destined to manifest to mankind the excellence of divine principles; to establish on earth the noblest temple ever dedicated to the worship of the Most High-- the Sacred and the True” (O’Sullivan 1). This Quote describes the contradicting ideas between O’Sullivan and
Throughout the novel, Lennie holds out hope of a better future and of his American Dream being fulfilled. Although he appears to be mentally insane, John Steinbeck displays Lennie’s good intentions with the mice and rabbits. Moreover, Lennie’s ideals are thrusted onto him when George says “we’ll have a big vegetable patch and a rabbit hutch and chickens,” thus beginning Lennie’s obsession of rabbits (Steinbeck 14). I feel that if Lennie was more similar to the mouse that is portrayed within Burns’ poem, “To a Mouse”, he would be alive. Lennie needed to not think about the past and future, because “the best laid schemes of mice and men/ Go often askew” (Burns 1). Burns tells the mouse that “[he is] blest, compared with [Burns]! The present only touches [him]. Furthermore, Lennie instills the American Dream into the other outcasts of the group of men, Candy and Crooks. Candy, because of Lennie’s hope within his tone, is fully on board with Lennie’s plan, and pledges all of his saved money in order to assist in the effort of buying a piece of land. Crooks, as the only black person on the farm, was never truly given the opportunity to live out his dream, but Lennie gives him a chance to believe in the American Dream. By the end of the book Lennie is killed by George in order to put him out of his …show more content…
Therefore, the base was set in order for emancipated African Americans to be implemented into the American Society smoothly. Before World War II, African Americans were considered inferior, so they did not have an opportunity to serve their country the way they wanted to. This parallels with the story that Coates describes in his book that Prince Jones was not given the chance to be successful. If African Americans were equal without segregation, the United States military forces would have been much more powerful in World War II and the Vietnam War. In contradiction to this idea, John O'Sullivan in an excerpt from “The Great Nation of Futurity” says the United States are “destined to manifest to mankind the excellence of divine principles; to establish on earth the noblest temple ever dedicated to the worship of the Most High-- the Sacred and the True” (O’Sullivan 1). This Quote describes the contradicting ideas between O’Sullivan and