Dreams Can Come True

American Dream” has helped brand the United States as the promise land of the established world. The creation of the dream started with manifest destiny and the supposed freedom to explore vast landscapes, moved onto the pursuit of a higher quality of living through your own efforts. This idea instills hope in the hearts of many and a sense of disillusionment in others. In his depression era novel, The Epic of America, James Truslow Adams coined the term and defined “the American Dream” by…

is a dream. But what happens when a person is lonely and depressed, and those emotions interfere with their dream? They latch on to those dreams and seek out happiness in them. In the book Of Mice and Men, Curley’s Wife lets the dream engulf her. She allows her dream to take the place where her happiness used to be. On the other hand, George lets his dream change him. He lets the dream take over, changing his manner without question. Are they just trying to follow their own American dreams? Or…

Games, and in music figures, such as Nicki Minaj. The Princess and the Frog’s main character Tiana is a hardworking young woman from a low income family. She works hard to make her dream of owning a restaurant to come true, and she does not wait for a prince to come and help her out. She is going to realize her dream with a little bit of hard work. Another fictional character who works hard to help herself is Katniss Everdeen from Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games. Katniss realizes that what the…

In The Matrix, the protagonist Neo is a man who learns that his entire existence has been a lie. He has been living in a computer generated dream world along with the rest of humanity. His perceived reality was not actual, he has been deceived. The Matrix has created a false reality for him. Only once he has been given a pill is he able to awaken from his dream state and enter the ‘real world’ (Matrix Film, 1999). In Plato’s Allegory of the Cave humanity is chained in a cave, facing a wall.…

Categorical Evaluation In the movie Inception, Cobb is the main character who summons a brilliant team of mentally stable henchmen in an attempt to create a multiple dimension dream world in order to plant and gain confidential information from some of the world’s most financially powerful beings, such as Saito and Fischer. This film features many complexities and overlap in themes, making it extremely difficult to pinpoint a single genre that best fits it. As Mike Brotherton states, “Science…

doom.” This quote pretty much sums up California. Some even consider California a lifestyle, because of the adventure you’ll find, and the dreams you deem impossible, suddenly come true. California is a place where no one can hold you back and stop you from fulfilling your dreams. Which is why it’s so popular among tourists. California defines “living the dream”. In fact many tourists that visit California end up making it their home. California has so many attractions. From Disneyland, to the…

Have you ever had dreams you wanted to come true but never did? Or have any of your goals fail because something and or someone gets in the way? Many people have wanted tis truth of seceding their goal but failing. This truth is shown in John Steinbeck's book Of Mice And Men, characters lose their dreams. His characters Lennie, Candy and Curley’s wife have their dreams crushed by the cruel real world. First, Lennie’s dream of having rabbits to tend to and play with is ruined. The real world…

people still experience today. The significance of dreams, loneliness, and the importance of relationships are the most frequent, meaningful thematic ideas throughout the novella. These ideas help to give the book the powerful impact it has. George and Lennie share a dream that later expands to include Candy. Their dream to buy their own piece of land to have a farm on is what has driven them to earn the money they need. The significance of dreams in this novella signifies the need for one to…

experience was dreaming his aunt was dead and waking up to realizing her aunt had been dead for seven weeks. He then goes to a dream specialist who attempts to help him, but ends up using George’s ability to his advantage. Throughout the book George changed reality several times all through his dreams, which the dream specialist controls. Not many of us are able to dream clearly but if you ever experience it you will realize it is actually kind of fun, or relieving. This tends to happen to me a…

The American Dream When questioning if the American dream is still achievable, one must focus on what the true meaning is, which is where anyone in the US can succeed and have the potential to live a happy, and successful life through hard work, and prosperity. It also entails that anyone who comes to the US should be entitled to various opportunities to live a longer and fuller life. In today’s modern world, it can be quite difficult to make that judgment if the dream is slowly rising or dying.…