Dreams Can Come True

Everyone has a dream, whether they acknowledge it or not; everyone has a longing deep down to do something or be something. Throughout John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men and Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, dreams are an play a quintessential part of the character’s lives and goals. They are able to give someone a purpose, but also affect them negatively, which can be seen in both works. Firstly, A Raisin in the Sun depends greatly on the presence of the Younger family’s dreams; each…

A dream is something that fully satisfies a wish, goal or a desired purpose (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). In The Great Gatsby and Their Eyes Were Watching God the main characters both have a dream that are essential to them. Each wishes to live their dream, but runs into conflict preventing them from fulfilling that ambition. Dreams can transfer the character of a person, or simply change itself. However, dreams can be devastating if not accomplished. They can be unrealistic, or the wrong dream…

men; Lennie and George. They are traveling partners and they look out for each other. Lennie and George have a dream about getting a farm and “living off the fat of the land.” Lennie is especially ecstatic about tending the rabbits on their dream-farm and George constantly tells Lennie about the story of how they’ll live together and have a good life. Unfortunately, Lennie and George’s dream dissipates when Lennie’s strength gets the best of him and he accidentally kills Curley’s wife.…

“More than six out of ten American believe American dream can be accomplished with hard work,” (Source B). Therefore, American dream brings hope and it is achievable with hard work and. First, American dream brings hope. “There’s an undercurrent of resilience about opportunities than outcome (Source B).” This is as if one is applying to a job even though one does not know the outcome. One can’t be sure that one will achieved their goal, but still, one has a chance. “They looked at one other,…

complex is because of her age, 13. She is a minor, which means her parents can make decisions, "in the child's best interest", but "decisions that are clearly not in a child's best interest can and should be challenged" (Diekema). They each have dreams of what they want to happen. However, they face harsh realities, from learning what Kate wants to feelings they have about each other. Kate, Anna, and Sara figure out their dreams do not match reality. Anna Fitzgerald is a thirteen year old girl…

always come true. Realistic means something that can come true and that it’s going to happen. Even though everyone has a choice to either dream or be real, but I choose realistic because I don’t want to dream something that might not come true. I choose realistic because it’s facing reality and I know for sure that it can come possible. For example, in the movie “ The Hunger Games “ is about several teams trying to survive by killing other teams and try to do anything they can do to…

The mere fact that we have to ask if Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of freedom and equality has come true gives us the answer we seek, and that is a resounding and emphatic, no. Simply being able to eat at restaurants, use public restrooms, and sleep in the same hotels as white people is not the realization of his dream. In his speech, Dr. King said, “When will you be satisfied? We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality.”…

wishes and dreams. Then ask yourself, “What have I done to pursue those dreams?” The American dream is the belief that all people have the opportunity to become anyone or anything they want. This dream is attainable to anyone who is willing to set goals, work hard to accomplish them, and never give up. We all know the story of the mighty Hercules; his strength and heroics make him an admired Disney character. But what we don’t always focus on is how hard he had to work to attain his dreams.…

believe this still idea holds true in the twenty-first century because of the way I live in society. Being part of a multicultural family, I always hear the words “America is where dreams come true”. For many years people worldwide have said these words that created a sincere feeling within them. The feeling of opportunity and freedom draws so many people to our country. For this reason, I believe that America has continued to boom, otherwise the whole “where dreams come true” would not continue…

What is the true idea of the American Dream? It is the idea that somebody can be anything they would like to be. To achieve the true American Dream we need to understand the true definitions of freedom, responsibility, and opportunity. According to Oxford Dictionary freedom is the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint, opportunity is a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something, and responsibility is the state or fact of having a duty…