Dreams from My Father

recently arrived home from camp. The first thing I was informed to do when I entered the house was that I had an essay that I needed to compose for a competition. My father notified me that the education director of the Toronto general consulate has challenged me to enroll into this three page essay competition. I agreed and accepted the challenge and began brainstorming a possible topic to write and elaborate on. Countless hours have passed as I struggled to articulate my dream on paper at the…

translated by Robert Fitzgerald, it has many notable paragraphs that have to do with the theme loyalty. As it says in the quote, “‘I am at home, for I am he. I bore adversities, but in the twentieth year I am ashore in my own land. I find the two of you, alone among my people longed for my coming. Prayers I never heard except your own that…

I was younger I always wanted to help my father mow the yard. I would get up in his lap and steer the wheel with him. It was moments like these that helped spark my love for mowing and yard work. As soon as I was big enough to reach the pedal on my own I started mowing our own yard. After that I was hooked! Recently I was given the opportunity to work at Glenrochie Country Club in Abingdon, Virginia, and it was just a dream come true. I’ve been talking to my boss and told him, “that I would like…

expressed to my family members, it was regarding me. These discouraging words were spoken out of the mouth of my own father. While eavesdropping I overheard this statement when I was in my freshman year, and I believed him. The thought of not graduating replayed in my head throughout the majority of my high school career. For an extensive period of time, that statement prevented me from reaching my full potential. Suddenly I realized that I had a choice, I could either drop out as everyone else…

Salesman could be taken from two point of views, with Biff being done nothing wrong and Willy causing everything bad to ever happen to his son; another view that shows Willy’s efforts to help Biff, but results as a burden for his family. One could simply look upon this play and feel nothing goes right either from the consequences of Biff’s bad habits, or Willy’s lies that set every mood and problem within the play. We will see both view points on who’s in the right or the wrong from Biff being…

remember the one when I was just 10 years old. I was sitting alone in my father's car. My father had parked the car near to a Pizza Hut corner. I was so excited that I want to drive the car. Then I start the car, put gear & pressed the accelerator the car started moving. I was so excited that I was driving the car alone without any fear that it could take anybody life. I was thinking it was just a kid’s game to drive the car. I have seen my cousins who are older than me could drive the car so…

without having their father or just having one parent in general. Daniel Beaty’s book illustrated by Brian Collier tackled this big topic of single parent homes and how children grow up without one parent. Or how can they be successful? Does the success rely on the parent being physically there or some advice that they have left behind for their child. The book is an empowering message for those children and families in a single parent household. “Knock, Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Me,” received…

The Katherine Trewhitt Scholarship would impact my life by showing me my potential and helping me avoid debt. I see a massive part of transitioning from a child to an adult is learning to be independent. From my point of view, independence is found through hard work and responsibility. This gateway into adulthood is found when a student begins applying for colleges and scholarships. Applying for scholarships takes a considerable amount of time and effort, thus making it a challenge to see if…

by the end of the play he demonstrates will-power and fights for his family to live in the house they dreamed of. When talking to Linder about moving into the new house, Walter firmly states, “…we have decided to move into our house because my father – my father – he earned it…. We don’t want you money”(121). Hansberry is able to demonstrate to the audience the dramatic change that portrays Walter as a logical and respectable man, whereas in the beginning Walter was uncertain and risky with all…

the end of the 1940s. The play tells us about the 60 years old, unhappy salesman Willy Loman, his family, and his misunderstanding of achieving the American Dream. We see four main characters: Willy Loman - the father of the family, Linda - his wife, Biff and Happy - his kids. The play begins with the fact that Willy is forced to return home from a trip, without money. Throughout his life he wanted only one thing - to get rich. He was inspired by the story of his brother Ben, who in his youth…