James Truslow Adams

Have you ever thought of wanted to win an award for being an outstanding person? The Giraffe Award is given to people based on a certain criteria. They are given to people that make the world a better place and go way beyond others. Therefore, to receive the Giraffe Award a person must take on significant risks, act out of caring, and go above and beyond their call of duty. Because he took a personal and financial risk, acted out of caring, and went above and beyond the call of duty, Jerry…

“Success is the American Dream and that success is not something to be ashamed of, or to demonize”, once said Susana Martinez. Many people describe the American Dream in that way, and many describe it in a different way. In the end, the American Dream has a very different meaning to different people. From education to death, everyone has one thing in common, a dream. Interviewing different age groups of people showed me the many differences and similarities there are between my American Dream…

Franklin D Roosevelt once said, “We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon” (BrainyQuote). FDR was an advocate for the mentally and physically handicapped. In the duration of Roosevelt’s several presidential terms, improvements were made in the lives of the disabled population of the US. Care for the mentally disabled has evolved over the years, but despite its rocky past, it keeps improving and getting better…

Is the American dream accessible to all Americans or it is just myth in the minds of the American population? American’s have always regarded themselves as exceptional from the rest of the society, and this is clearly reflected in their doings throughout history. Whether it be their belief in Manifest Destiny during the 19th century or their expedition in Iraq just a few years ago. Another thing that makes them exceptional is their convection of their dream, the American dream. This dream is…

Before discussing the topic of freedom, we must ask ourselves: Are we really free? From early decades, the concept of freedom goes hand in hand with reaching success. Many Americans work restlessly to transform their dreams into realities. However, the evident disappointment and the lack of progress allude to the fact that, in the end, it all depends on the opportunities one is given. Langston Hughes makes this concept one of the main themes behind his literary works, especially in the poems…

Moving to America, is usually more often the dream of most people, especially the youths living in the third countries, with the hope of getting a better life. Mostly, these individuals imagine that America will offer them a “bed of roses” kind of life. However, most immigrants never live to see the fulfillment of their expectations. For most of them, struggle, disappointments and a discriminative society which opts to out rightly ignore them is what they have to face each day. This paper seeks…

The Great Gatsby is a sad story about the unattainable American Dream. A story about love, sadness, and destruction. Which if you ask me that's what all great stories have in common. And what they all have in common with the American dream. Destruction is a common theme it seems by trying to get more of something they want they must destroy something else. Either happiness or money two thing everyone tries to get but only ended up getting one or the other successfully. For instance Tom and…

Peter's answer was somehow provocative " And am I the guinea pig for today"?" (40). Jerry sees Peter as a very "sweet man" (47) that "possessed of a truly enviable innocence" (48). Anita Stenz states that the "stage directions" show that Peter "resists communication with others, or at any rate, with Jerry" (449). At the very beginning of the play, one might believe that Peter's character is unchangeable and that he will remain the same person until the end, but the fact is that Peter at the…

Comparative Essay “Telephone Conversation” by Wole Soyinka was written in 1962, set in London. Soyinka is a Nigerian playwright who was the first African that won the noble for literature in 1986. Few years later, “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou was written in 1978 set in the American Slums of Harlem. Angelou is an educator, and civil rights activist. Together both poems explore the themes of prejudice and racial discrimination. “Telephone Conversation” explores the idea of racial prejudice…

A stable income and a nice family is usually the picture that pops into people’s heads when discussing the American Dream. The American Dream idea plays a major role in the novel Of Mice and Men and the play A Raisin in the Sun. Because the American Dream plays a huge role in the pieces, all of the main characters have their own American Dream. The effects of having an American Dream to chase and then losing the dream are different on the relationships between characters in Of Mice and Men…