Dreams from My Father

Questioning”What would you love to do? What are you good at? What would you like to do for the rest of your life?”(Jeter,61). Other strategies he uses is colloquial language. Jeter uses colloquial language to introduce two central ideas, goals, and dreams specifically: the contraction “we’re” makes the writing sound informal the phrase “we’re not just talking about baseball here” is another example.Colloquial Language“...you’ll want to open your bedroom window and yell it to anyone with…

In the stories of 'Midsummer Nights Dream ' and 'The Tempest ' there are characters that are strong and weak. There are characters that are magical and normal. There are also characters that move the story/fantasy forward. The characters of Miranda and Hermia are strong, weak, normal and they move the story forward. In these two worlds there are agents of change and there are also captains that captain their own destinies, in some cases both. For instance, Miranda is the agent of change and…

idealist and Biff has a mindset of a realist. The pursuit of happiness is the main point of the American dream. Willy does not want to face reality because he creates a fake world that makes him happy. The pursuit of happiness causes people to want money, property, education and a spouse because many people think happiness is achieved through owning things. The American dream is to be able to come from nothing and provide for oneself or ones’ family, not just to acquire wealth. Willy always…

most identify with is Cory Maxson, the son of the lead character in the book, Troy Maxson. He is my favorite character and the one I identify the most with because we are both young men who are driven and capable and who ultimately want to fend for themselves in the world and prove to our parents that we can make it and succeed in this life with or without any type of forced assistance or control from them. I do share some similarities with Cory Maxson but we also have some differences…

the way we look, the way we act, and where we come from. But most importantly, we are judged by our education level, as well as how much money you make. To me, money is just a number; what is most important is what I am capable of achieving with a degree in my hand and knowledge in my head. I come from a small immediate family of 3, neither my mother or my father had any intentions to further their education after high school. My father, coming from a small town in Mexico, had a mindset that…

My father was born in Haiti, and my mother was born in the Dominican Republic. They both faced poverty while growing up, and came to this country in search of a better life. My mother wasn’t able to complete her college education, since she had to drop out after an accident she had. In place of school, she ran a small business from home, and cared for her sick parents. My father on the other hand, wasn’t able to finish his schooling; he couldn’t keep up with the work he was being given. As he…

I lived in Cameroon for 8 years of my life. My mother sold fruits and vegetables at the local market to fund her way through a cosmetology internship and my father worked at his brother in law’s pharmacy. My parents did the best they could to raise my brothers and I to provide for all of our needs. My father moved to America when I was four years old and four years later we moved here as well to join him. It was a completely different world from what I was use to, I spoke some english due to the…

Many fathers of immigrating families try to achieve the "American Dream" to provide their families went through hard labor, poverty, and trying to obtain citizenship in the United States. Junot Diaz, who is a modern writer, novelist, and a creative writing professor at Massachusetts institute of Technology wrote his first bestselling novel Drown and is best known for this novel. In Drown, Ramón is a vivid example of a Father trying to achieve the "American Dream" to bring his family from the…

The most influential music in my life is the song “My Little Girl” by Tim McGraw. Both my dad and I love country music, especially Tim McGraw. My dad thinks the world of my older sister and I. Like any great father, he would do absolutely anything for his girls. Whenever he hears this song on the radio, or wherever, he turns the volume up and belts out this song. This song makes me so grateful that I have such a huge blessing as my father, I don’t know what I would ever do without him. The…

of their lost dreams. Jeannette took on a huge role as a kid. From earliest…