The video “Novel Reflections on the American Dream” is about the American dream and a bunch of novels that relate to the American dream. Works from Theodore Dreiser and F. Scott Fitzgerald and other authors are talked about. In the beginning of the video it talks about what the American dream is and how if you pay your dues you’ll get somewhere in life. Benjamin Franklin was the first to write about the American dream in his autobiography. He leaves his home with only three pennies in his pocket then he buys bread with his only money. After that he’s broke he has nothing relying only on his brain smarts he makes a name for himself. The American dream isn’t always so cut and dry sometimes there is a dark side that no one acknowledges. In Sister
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I do believe in the American dream. I believe that if you work hard and apply yourself you can do anything. I believe what Benjamin Franklin said about how a penny saved is a penny earned. However I also believe that the American dream is all about being in the right place at the right time. There are so many people out there in America who work hard every day and make it nowhere. They’re basically working to stay afloat in an economy that makes everything so expensive but won’t raise minimum wage for middle and lower class workers to actually be able to save enough. There have always been some holes in the American dream but what’s great about it is it gives people hope that things can get …show more content…
I’ve never heard of the book Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser before, but after seeing this video I want to read it. The fact that Sister Carrie is a book about a woman who achieves what she wants through unconventional ways was astounding. The video made her whole story seem really cool and I would like to read this book. The other book that was really interesting to me that the video talked about was The Great Gatsby. I’ve never read it, and when the movie came out with Leonardo DiCaprio I didn’t watch it. There was no incentive for me to bother I honestly thought it was all hype and people were into it because of Leonardo DiCaprio or something. Yet, seeing it summarized in this video made me realize that maybe it wasn’t all hype. Even though it is required reading for your class I might even read it again for
I do believe in the American dream. I believe that if you work hard and apply yourself you can do anything. I believe what Benjamin Franklin said about how a penny saved is a penny earned. However I also believe that the American dream is all about being in the right place at the right time. There are so many people out there in America who work hard every day and make it nowhere. They’re basically working to stay afloat in an economy that makes everything so expensive but won’t raise minimum wage for middle and lower class workers to actually be able to save enough. There have always been some holes in the American dream but what’s great about it is it gives people hope that things can get …show more content…
I’ve never heard of the book Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser before, but after seeing this video I want to read it. The fact that Sister Carrie is a book about a woman who achieves what she wants through unconventional ways was astounding. The video made her whole story seem really cool and I would like to read this book. The other book that was really interesting to me that the video talked about was The Great Gatsby. I’ve never read it, and when the movie came out with Leonardo DiCaprio I didn’t watch it. There was no incentive for me to bother I honestly thought it was all hype and people were into it because of Leonardo DiCaprio or something. Yet, seeing it summarized in this video made me realize that maybe it wasn’t all hype. Even though it is required reading for your class I might even read it again for