Lucid dream

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…

His misguided beliefs of what his life has become are the start of the delusions and his idea of the American dream fuels them. In our dance I represent who Willy believes he is; a well-liked and successful salesman. Claire represents who Willy actually is; an anxious and insecure man who is no longer able to do his job successfully. Willy also has misguided beliefs about the American dream. He believes that you just need to be well-liked and have money to be successful, which isn’t the case.…

The American Dream is something that Americans hold in high esteem; the idea that anybody can come to America and succeed through sheer will and determination is one that humans tend to cling to and admire. However in Drown, Junot Diaz touches on just what the American Dream entails for those immigrating with hopes of a better life, the kind of sacrifice necessary to achieve this “Dream” and just how easy it is to fall into a hole and never make it out. Diaz provides a first hand perspective on…

American Dream is a belief by people that if they work hard enough and long enough in this country, they will find success in whatever they do. The American Dream is constantly shown and depicted in movies and books by having characters trying to achieve this fulfilling life. This success for most people is shown through a good paying job, a big house, and a happy and very loving family. Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman is a character who tries his whole life to reach his American Dream. The…

criticizes Americans and their dreams. By presenting what is basically a ghost tale disguised as an American sports story, Kinsella blurs the lines between practicality and what is unreasonable. A middle aged farmer, Ray Kinsella who obsesses over a baseball diamond to the point in which it almost causes financial turmoil builds a baseball field to watch the ghost of Shoeless Joe Jackson play ball. While many just argue he is just a hardworking American with a dream to build a field, it is easy…

Willy is one character who craves for the attention and is aided by the desire for success. In his daily interactions, he continually refers to his elder brother Ben that fortunately made it through diamond mining just because he represents all the things he desires (Kirszner and Mandell, 2012). Willy desires much more for himself as well as his children even though he does not put up measures to achieve the same things that the individuals he desires have managed to undergone. The entire play…

up. In the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Willy Loman tries to teach his children the things he isn’t able to do himself: be good at sports, take advantage of being good looking, get far in life, get rich quick, and enjoy the American Dream. Willy pushes his sons away by only focusing on the good his sons did when they were young, which gives his children no space to talk to him. The problem with Willy is that he’s made his sons into a project, so that he can live through them after…

Elementary school is a time where lunches are extra sticky with applesauce, classrooms are chock-full with horseplay and petty fights, and physical education is filled with pants less children? Magnolia Park Elementary School was the place that I called home from grades one through four. Every day was filled with complete excitement being that I had two of my very best friends – Julie and Rachel – in my homeroom class. Julie, Rachel, and I were like peas and carrots; we went to language arts,…

Who is Jasmine? Bharati Mukherjee narrates Jasmine the main character in her novel, a female protagonist, as an outsider that strive to shape her identity to fit in mainstream of American society on her journey. Fortunately, Jasmine encounter confrontation that shifts her identity in different directions of her life. Instead of rejecting these names that are given to her by various individuals, she seeks to create a harmonious relationship with those identities. Thus, Mukerjee makes this novel…

We are going to be freshmen again. That’s right, freshmen: bottom of the food chain; inexperienced; grunt work monkeys et cetera. You get the idea. We started as freshmen here at NYU and have grinded our way to the top of the food chain as graduating seniors. We have learned about ourselves in the process, but have also been influenced by our environment to think a certain way and believe certain things. I want to take a step back. I want to take this moment with you all to detach and reflect on…