Dreams Can Come True

She writes, “But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage” (Angelou 8-11). As said here, the caged bird, having accepted the entrapment he endures every day, twists his yearning for freedom into a blind rage, knowing that freedom is near impossible. This “blind” animosity is conceived by the caged bird as he can “seldom see through his bars of rage” (Angelou 10-11), by which meaning that one's rage can come to darken their image of the world, since their…

that speaks of the powers of people, it is also true that “Of Mice and Men,” a story written by John Steinbeck, is a story that tells the tale of dreams. There are many dreams portrayed in the story, including the American dream and the one of George and Lenny someday owning their own farm. Crooks dreams of being equal to everyone else, Curley’s wife dreams of not being lonely. Everyone in this book seems to dream of something, and a majority of the dreams are simply unable to be fulfilled.…

Both smile and continue to play never knowing what their future holds but both deserve to have the wedding of their dreams. The joyous occasion of a weddings can be heard around the world, it has forever been a significant part of people’s lives so much, so it is deemed as a significant celebration for many people. Throughout history and in some places still, it’s rare that true love is the sole reason for getting married. The arranged marriage enabled…

reason why they changed so much was because, she was a mermaid but, she wanted to be a human. Later on when she saw the humans once again she had fallin in love when she saw him. She ended up trading her voice to have human legs so she could be with her true love. She ended up going back to the ocean.her father was a very powerful merman so he made her legs and let her be with him forever. And this time she didn't have to trade anything she was all there. Although some people may say fairy tales…

The average American views the dream as making a ton of money and buying luxurious items, while the American immigrant strives to support their family and make a decent living in ‘The Land of Opportunity’. The majority of Americans have been brained washed into thinking they can become the next young multimillionaire, like Jay-Z. That is just not realistic. The dream to the American immigrant differs from the average American because the immigrant has not been fully immersed into our culture,…

believed past graduates, parents, and friends when they said to enjoy your high school expierence when you can because, you only have one. Because you only have one moment to enjoy life carefree and without the strings of the real world. We have had 4 whole years to live in a bubble refusing to face the reality while indulging in the worlds of the Upper East Side or learning that a song can fix anything from Kurt and Rachel.…

individual that seeks the American Dream in some sort of way. Particularly in the 1920s and 30s, there are many who made risky decisions based off of this dream. In the renowned novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays these ambitious decisions made through three different types of people. Social status, love, race, and gender play an important role and are the main decision-making factors in this novel. However,as well as there are hopes of pursuing this dream, there are threatening…

disrupted the American dream. Social media has become the new world and it is giving people the freedom to socialize with people around the world. With this new trend of technology, people can get distracted, and forget that it is a social media site a not reality. Some ways social media conflicts with the American dream are income, job opportunities, and privacy. Many people from across the world would love to come to America because of how America represents itself. The American dream that is…

Interpretation of Dream” Freud first recounts the story of Oedipus Rex. Freud says this story speaks to the audience because we are inherently attracted to the same sex parent and usually dislike the opposite sex parent; this is where his term Oedipus complex comes from. He then compares Hamlet to Oedipus Rex by stating that they both discuss the issues of dreams concerning parents, but in Hamlet the inclinations to fall for your parents is unconscious. The next chapter discusses “the dream…

still has one goal that he has yes to take a hold of. Daisy Fay is as put in Langston Hughes poem of 'Dream Deferred" a dream that "just sags like a heavy load." that Gatsby can not seem to have or shake off because in the end,Gatsby doesn't have his dream he has yet to get. That goal is To have Daisy Fay and her love and show her off as a possession. Gatsby had goals and plans for himself but his true aspiration in life was to end up with Daisy and since he did not get the girl,Gatsby's own…