James Truslow Adams

The definition of love is a strong feeling of affection but going beyond words, it is so much deeper than a simple affection towards another. Love is the indescribable feeling of pure joy when one is with a person. Love is knowing that one would risk one’s own life to keep a person well. In the novel Big Fish by Daniel Wallace the reader must ask the question: “Does Edward love his son?” The answer to this seemingly simple question is debatable, especially due to the fact that some kinds of…

In the novel, Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer, multiple lead characters go through an event or change in their life which leads to a loss of innocence. Through physical & mental beatings, sex, rape and teen pregnancy characters develop a hardened and altered character to the one previously know. Characters grow up before our eyes as they move from a sheltered and known life to situations that are both foreign and dangerous. Characters discover the side of the world that is cold,…

There Will Be Blood – Critique of Capitalism Movie Analysis The first twenty minutes of the turn of the 19th century epic There will be Blood of director Paul Thomas Anderson often amaze the audience. Anderson introduces Daniel Plainview, the main character, without a single word. Pictures of harsh deserted landscapes tremble with harsh loud sounds of accompanying music. Amidst that, a single man mines for silver in a hole he has dug out with his hands. Metallic clangs of tools interrupt the…

Coming home to a big house with a great wife and great children, or coming home to mountains of money, or even coming home to an RV that’s going across the country. This, in its many forms is the American dream. The American dream is the ideal, that every United States citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, and determination. This said, The American dream is in the eye of the beholder. One man’s American dream, can be living life on the road…

Inherent in humans is the desire to strive for accomplishment in their life course. However, the fact that “accomplishment” exists abstractly within the realm of individual perception leads to conflicting translations of what defines it. In Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman, the protagonist, engages in such a conflict with his son, Biff. Willy, a longtime traveling salesman, harbors lofty expectations for Biff as a young man anticipating he will become a great success in…

Michael castro Per.3 Synthesize the American Dream Everyone wants to make their dreams reality. For some people the American dream means to have equality, prosperity through hard work and to have a good life in america. Looking at the foundational documents such as ,the declaration of independence ,the spirit of america is established on as self- principle.The dream is still reality depending on the person and how they view it. In the middle class,it's harder to achieve the living we…

Jean Reynolds is a fifty- seven year-old, who works as a CNA and best illustrates the American Anti-Myth for many reasons. Jean works overtime to support her three children and one of them has Cancer. She earns about $11 per hour and her pay hasn’t increased even though she has worked for the same nursing home for the past 15 years. Later, she had to take custody of two more children. Even though she was able to get some emergency aid from public assistance, she knew that it was temporary. The…

In the play “A Raisin in the Sun,” writer Lorraine Hansberry takes us along an epic journey with a poor, unconventional, 1950’s Black American family. The dynamics explored are that of a struggling working class unit set in the South side of Chicago. This somewhat realistic drama focuses on the quests of its individual characters and means toward the attainment of their respective ambitions. This play depicts the uphill battle they face in terms of racial prejudice and financial angst. The…

“Maybe the two different worlds we live in aren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.” (Hinton 41) In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Ponyboy is the main character. Even though Ponyboy shows many signs of a possibility of being a Soc, he is apart of the poorer class, the greasers. Ponyboy has been intelligent and gotten good grades all his life, unlike the rest of his gang. Additionally, Ponyboy likes to read and do other things that Socs are interested in, and stay out of trouble. If Ponyboy…

In Mount Allegro, the author paints America in light that reflects what and how the immigrants defined it during their struggle to assimilate. The Mangione family soon learned that ‘America’ was more than a piece of land. They found, as Gruesz defines, “…the meaning of America might be said to be a national characteristic” (Gruesz 17). In this novel, it is presented as a goal that immigrants are striving to reach. And if you reach it, you and others can sincerely consider yourself a genuine part…