James Truslow Adams

Based on Steinbeck’s essay, “America & Americans”, independence describes a journey for the American people in order to reach a goal. In the text it states, “We trample friends, relatives, and strangers who get in the way of our achieving it” (Steinbeck). This quote is an example of the rhetorical strategy of a hyperbole:an exaggerated statement. In this quote, Steinbeck is stating that people are selfish and would do anything to reach the goal. Whether it is friends, or relatives, Americans…

The notion of success in American society is a woeful reminder of how people will accessibly shed off their moral and ethical principles in the desperate effort to fulfill their dreams and ambitions. They will try their best to do whatever they need to do in order to attain that dream even if it requires their dignity to be jeopardized. This ties into the issue of the American Dream. This is because in the play, Willy Loman has a twisted vision of it since to him “the dream is not achieved by…

I believed that you assigned us this reading for multiple reasons. One reason is that we should find a calling that we actually enjoy and that we don’t do it just for the money. If we do it just for the money we could end up depressed and have a tragic ending to our lives. Willy Loman couldn’t realize that he was chasing the wrong dream. He was in a race to catch that dream, but his lungs expired and the dream left him in the dust. As in the poem “The Road Not Taken,” we have one chance to…

Willy Loman talks about Dave Singleman in his personal narrative, the man who inspired him to take the path and lifestyle of a salesman. Willy strives to be like Singleman and is particularly fond of one thing about him: his ability to be liked. Miller utilizes Singleman’s life as the fantasy Willy is thriving for. Willy even desires the way Singleman passes: “When he died, -and he died, by the way, the death of a salesman, in his green velvet slippers….- when he died hungers of salesman and…

Whats up with the American Dream? The American Dream is a concept where a person finds success in whatever they are doing and have a stable good life. Nowadays people are pondering the question if there really is a perfect American dream anymore. The main point of maintaining a dream is having a hard work ethic and then we could achieve anything we want to if we set our mind to it. Most people think going to college and getting a proper education is the right way to do it. Some people do not…

George: His American Dream The American Dream is desired by many during times of hardship. It was believed that everyone could have a chance at achieving, what they considered to be, the American Dream. If someone was willing to put the effort into working hard, they could eventually attain their life long goal. For some people though, this was never a possibility because they were lead to believe in a false hope. George Milton was a hardworking man, who succeeded in his labor, but was…

In the play, “Death of a Salesman”, written by Arthur Miller, in 1949. Willy Loman failed to recognize his own shortcomings. He felt as if he was boxed in, in what used to be an open spacious area to live.“The way they boxed us in here. Bricks and windows, windows and bricks” (Miller 17). The neighborhood had grew and been built-up, while he still had a small modest home. Willy Loman had several other shortcomings about himself such as when thought of himself as being the top salesman around…

Success and virtue are two human traits that affect everyone in their endeavor to obtain the American Dream. In order to fully grasp the glory of this dream, it is important for one to maintain an equal balance of the success dream, and virtue dream. However if unbalanced, the two dreams contradict one another and result in failure. By defining success as a point of stability in life to which you reach the accomplishment of a certain goal, the means of attaining this goal can be conflicted and…

There are many people around the world who would want to come to America and be able to live the American dream, some people will go through human trafficking and others will go through smuggling just to be able to experience that dream. The American dream is in the United States and is a very good dream to live. The American dream is a happy way of living that is thought of by many Americans as something that can be achieved by anyone in the U.S... The Americans in the United States do this…

Is the American Dream Still Possible? For many years, the United States has been known for it's endless opportunities. The most popular reason for people coming to the US has been the American Dream. Through all these years of this idea the dream is still suck with the US, but is it still possible? I don't think the American Dream is still possible because there are so many people in this country that can't pursue their dreams due to their skin color, religion, ethnicity, etc. Much has changed…