Dreams from My Father

The best days of my life all revolve around vacations or trips that I have taken far away. Not Joseph Castillo’s, the best day of his life was being able to explore San Francisco with his father. Joseph’s parents divorced when he was only seven and that was a difficult time for him and his four other siblings. But him and his family pulled through, this didn’t stop him from accomplishing the things that he wished to do. He now plays soccer and wishes that he could one day be a professional…

heterosexuality which their father instills upon them. Adah, Leah, and Rachel grow up in a house where a woman’s only purpose is to become a husband and serve a man. Their father views education as not only unnecessary, but potentially wasteful and dangerous: “Sending a girl to college is like pouring…

Every kid has a dream growing up. Some dreams are monumental, like becoming an astronaut or winning a Nobel Peace Prize. On the other hand, some kids have smaller dreams of graduating college or just getting a job. No matter the size of the dream, they empower people old or young to go out into the world and try to make that dream become reality. However, with every dream, there come obstacles in the way of obtaining that dream. If someone has gotten far enough to have their dreams in their…

subject to discussed or even write a song about it. My song is written by Marshall Mathers or known by his stage name, Eminem, he wrote this incredible song called “When I’m Gone” for his daughter Hailie. This song is about him ignoring his daughter and focus more writing songs instead of being with her, and talks about his recurring dream about his daughter giving up on him, then he finally realizes that he doesn’t want her to leave and wakes up from his nightmare. Eminem wants to tell his…

Biff Loman is the Willy’s thirty-four-year-old elder son who does not have a clear direction of his life and career; however, what he desires the most is to get away from his father’s expectation. Biff wants to start living for himself instead of his father. “I’m thirty-four years old, I oughta be making my future. That’s when I come running home”(Miller 19). Biff said this when he goes back to home in spring which indicates that he wants and needs to be his own person and accomplish his own…

saul first arrived at the residential school and what has happened to his family. After that I will talk about how he was treated at the school and how we can learn from the mistakes others have already made. Lastly I will talk about Saul's experience with hockey and the people he played with. Now it's time to start with the rest of my essay. Firstly, there were some parts of the story that were…

Do you want to achieve your dream? Do you want a better life? Well, come to America! Some people believe that the American Dream is nonexistent, I disagree. The American dream in my opinion, is still around today. I am going to give you three reasons why the American dream is still around and it is not going anywhere. The three reasons are money, freedom to make something out of nothing, and freedom to choose your living. The first thing that I will be talking about today will be money. ‘‘Money…

My Dad’s Story: Dream for My Child There is nothing in the world that parents won’t do for their children, even if it means disguising their worst struggles. This sorrowful ad from Hong Kong MetLife is a praise to the sacrifices “parents make for their children on a daily basis. Titled “‘My dad’s story’: Dream for My Child,” the commercial shows a father reading an essay his young daughter wrote about him.” In the ad “My Dad Is A Liar,” Metlife creates a tremendous amount of pathos in order to…

weight of opportunity has laid heavily on my shoulders since I began public school. My family encourages a hard work ethic that manifests into this compulsive need to succeed, to stand out from my peers. Consequently, when I began to display brightness and intelligence in my classes and through my grades, my family passed me a torch that had never been lit. By going to college, I would be a first-generation student. My father and mother came from homes where dreams were constrained by budgets…

the father-son relationships are harsh and not love-driven relationships. The relationships Troy Maxson has with his father and his two sons are very different when compared to each other. In each relationship the son tries to get away from their dad’s control even though Troy feels like he knows what is best for his son, but it only ends up with problems that the father and son have to deal with throughout their lives. The experiences Troy had from the relationship he had with his father had…