Dreams Can Come True

Turnbaugh 1-28-15 A Twisted Version The American dream is exactly as it’s worded, it’s just a dream. In the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, he portrays the characters to be living a twisted version of the American dream. Fitzgerald uses the wealthy characters to show that people can have all their dreams come true but they also give up parts of themselves to do it. The characters have voids in their lives that they seem to ignore. The dream is lures people into a false sense of…

Sometimes the dreams we find aren’t necessarily ones we had in mind before. In life can change in a small increment of time. In the novela Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, Crooks having a change in his dream because of things that were happening around him. With actions in this novela it is extremely noticeable that Crooks has a dream just like George and Lennie do. On this ranch Crooks is the only black worker which sets him back because this time period is a period of extreme racism and…

“Dreams that do come true can be as unsettling as those that don’t” By Brett Butler. Brett Butler is an American actress, writer and stand-up comedian. The quote means that when you’ve been thinking about something for a long time, and it finally happens but it’s not what you expected it to be. When you’ve been hyped for something that you even imagined it in your head, and when it happens it’s disappointing because it didn’t turn out how you imagined it in your head. This quote relates to The…

Chasing My Dreams I have achieved many of my goals in life and I am so proud to say that I have reached them, these include graduating high school and getting a nice car, however I have many more dreams and goals to tackle before my hourglass runs out of sand. I plan to travel, I want to go as far as I can and to as many places as possible with a few major places that are a must. I want to have a plantation style house completely done in eighteenth century décor, hopefully I will be able to buy…

the authors vary their opinions of how the fairytail dream of pink dresses and sparkly crowns came to be. Poniewozik opens up his article by addressing the “kick-ass culture,” while Orenstein focuses on how princesses have diminished the feeling of confidence and independence that young girls should experience. While some may believe that princesses show the younger generation that females possess the ability to accomplish anything a male can, others believe that this trend aggressively…

Dreams Make Life Worth Living John Steinbeck’s 1937 novella Of Mice and Men tells the story of two unlikely friends. George Milton, and Lennie Small, a mentally disabled man, are travelling to a ranch in California to work. The men have a dream to one day have their own ranch and to be able to, as Lennie says, “live off the fatta the lan.” Throughout the book and film, produced in 1992, we follow the two men through their struggles, hardship, and ambition as they reach for their dream. Steinbeck…

Columbia Pictures is a movie featuring DNA manipulation. Gattaca begins with a young boy, who is seen as an invalid because he was not born using DNA manipulation to eliminate any genetic abnormalities. As he grows older he begins to dream of becoming an astronaut, so he can experience the freedom of space. However because of his classification as an invalid, he would never be accepted to such a program. Through the help of a third party individual Vincent, the leading character of Gattaca is…

Theme of Unrealized Dream Shown Through Of Mice and Men The individuals expressing the idea of “the unrealized dream” is a theme John Steinbeck employs in his novella Of Mice and Men. The characters have “the dream”, and this what they believe would have been their ideal situation to have. Lennie and George have the dream to live together on a small farm. Candy dreams about living with them, and he would be help out on the land. Curly’s wife has the dream that would have come true if she went…

The American Dream is achievable for anyone that is living in the United States. The person’s socioeconomic status, and one’s thoughts play a big role in an individual's American Dream. Many people live in communities with poor conditions or in rich filled communities. Many people choose to live in either one of these two conditions. “Forced integration is never going to work anywhere,” Reyna told me. “I think that as people choose where they want to live, whether it is an impacted…

is the American Dream and that success is not something to be ashamed of, or to demonize”, once said Susana Martinez. Many people describe the American Dream in that way, and many describe it in a different way. In the end, the American Dream has a very different meaning to different people. From education to death, everyone has one thing in common, a dream. Interviewing different age groups of people showed me the many differences and similarities there are between my American Dream and theirs.…