James Truslow Adams

Social class, highly affects our society greatly to the point of where it influences over aspects and factors within today’s world. Ultimately, the higher the social class is the greater an individual can and will be treated within all social interactions and social aspects of life considering that they’re given “precedence” concerning lifestyle and opportunities that could possibly be viewed through the aspect of only seeing the glass half full. Evidently, those within a higher class will…

his parents, and he can one day be successful. Fear is very potent, yet so is ambition, and as long as one lets ambition stay in power for the majority, the outcome will be alright. Authors have different ways of expressing similar thoughts, and James Wright indicates fear even within the title of his poem, In Terror of Hospital Bills. The poem is from the perspective of a Sioux Indian who awaits the time that his life will fall apart and he is “alone/ And frightened, knowing how soon/ [he]…

Determined and hopeful, I am ready to overcome anything. My struggles have changed me for the better. I come from a family that immigrated to the United States for the “American Dream.” They wanted a future for them and for me. Coming from a low-income family, however, it prevented them from getting the proper education. This, despite my financial struggles, does not stop me from receiving MY proper education. The challenge grew when the doctors diagnosed my father with a brain tumor and my…

Supposed you wanted to open your own business, but you are told that you could not do it because you aren’t capable? Or suppose you think that you can open this business by simply kicking back, and taking it easy. Do you really think that you will achieve your dream? The American Dream is having the freedom to be successful, and obtaining a dream you have. I believe the American Dream is still obtainable if you work hard for what you want and you don't let the judgement of others cloud your…

The similarities and differences between Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' "The Yearling" anad "The Sojourner" Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings was an American author whose writing style played in a lot of rural settings and themes. Many of her readers are captivated by the rustic demeanor of her writing because it tends to grab the readers' attention. There has been much research done on the fascinating Rawlings and how her simple outlook on rural life can be picked in almost all of her novels while still…

The American Dream is the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. While this idea of an American Dream is possible for all, it is not plausible for everyone. The central theme of the play A Raisin in the Sun is about dreams, as the main characters struggle to deal with the oppressive circumstances that rule their lives. This directly refers to the difficulty imbalance between races in order…

The Anatomy of Aspirations: How Dreams are Both Motivating and Divisive When people hear the word “dream”, many tend to think of an immaculate desire in the distant future looming over their heads and pushing them through life. However, some tend not to consider the idea that dreams in nature can be far from immaculate or perfect; they can break relationships apart. It's the nature of aspirations to conform to both of these notions. This idea has been explored and worked into many works of…

Death of a Salesman is a tragedy that fits the classic model portraying the same qualities as Oedipus and Hamlet. In all three plays there is strife between the family’s dynamics and problems that surface throughout the play; although, their goals were different they have similar endings. Each play wants the best for the family but the downfall is each of the character could not deal with his flaw that was induced by their own actions. The characters have goals and weaknesses that end up…

American Dream Plays Hard to Get “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’,” John Lennon. Happiness is what everyone wants; it is the genuine American Dream. However, the various definitions of happiness make it unclear as to how to pursue it. Some people see it as reaching the top and having the most sumptuous items, others as having more than enough money…

class. If this gap has increased over 200 times, what will be the amount it increases in another 25 years? Will there be a clear division between both classes, what are the chances of someone from the lower class to find his way into the upper class? James Surowiecki wrote in his article that “Americans are less…