My Dream House

Dream? More Like a Nightmare. Bernie Sanders once said “For many, the American dream has become a nightmare”. The past notions that America is country in which people have freedom and the ability to better their lives has died within the last several decades. However, some are still under the belief that the dream lives. This has done nothing but make their lives and the lives of their dependents worse as their identity has become convoluted. The fact the American Dream is nothing but a…

parents and the dreams of a child being destroyed. With the use of different literary elements, Reyna Grande helps one understand the struggles that she faced with going to“El Otro Lado,” the name she used to refer to The United States. Grande revealed her theme that some dreams are not meant to be and in the end all one can really hope for is happiness by utilizing tone and symbolism. “The Distance Between Us” is about a young girl named Reyna, who was torn from her dream of living in a house…

from achieving his dreams because of obstacles that stand in his way. Walter's dreams dramatically change from the beginning to the end of the book. For example, at the beginning of the book his main dream is to own a liquor store, and by the end, he only wants to help his family. However, many people stand in the way of his dreams. At the start of the book when Walter is fighting for his liquor store, he is hindered by his family and himself. Walter sees a chance to make his dream come true…

It was the same old dream. She’d turn the key in the lock and open the door. To her horror, she’d see that same old monster. It was a different kind of monster although. She couldn 't see it even though she definitely tried to. She felt it move and creep around her. Looking at her every move and waiting for the right time to attack. She ran around the house trying to find something to hide under. But she never knew whether the monster was in that room or not. “Will you get up already?”…

in a realistic fiction story, and children migrating to safer places all have in common? They all have dreams. Whether it’s moving into a new house or trying to find one’s place, they all have dreams. Some people don’t think dreams are possible to achieve but, they are. Although dreams are different, all someone needs to do is four things. To begin, people need perseverance to achieve their dreams. In the documentary “Circus Without Borders”, it tells the story of Guillaume, a man living in the…

As I woke up from a night of excellent sleep, I turned over in my bed to see a stunning commercial on the television. Colors were flashing red, blue, and about every other color so I knew it must be something important. I rubbed my eyes so I could see the television more clearly and I read off the screen “wanted: 5 people between the ages of 14 and 18 to participate in a once in a lifetime opportunity… A round trip to Mars is being given away to 3 lucky winners, visit www.trip2mars.com. After…

hold the chapbook in my hand and question what the contents may hold. I breathe a sigh as I open it and see the first poem titled “The Green Room”. I reassure myself by saying “the chapbook is safe, the author is a faceless entity” and I begin to read her words. “The Green Room” gave me a feeling of melancholy and I assumed that the chapbook would be a theme of childhood memories from the viewpoint of an adult. When she speaks of the “green carpet” I was able to see in my mind’s eye the shag…

Human Relations Sunday Dream on Dreamer Genesis 37:14-20 What are you dreaming about? A reading from Acts 2:17-21 There is story prior to our text today about a young man named Joseph. He was one of the youngest of Jacob’s twelve sons, Joseph the dreamer. You don’t have to respond but just think on these questions. How many of you dream? What will it take for us to just let go and dream? Why do dreams puzzle us? What make a dream a good dream or a bad dream? Dream on Dreamer.…

someone’s dreams. Sometimes dreams need more than one person to become reality. Some of these dreams can’t be accomplished because of loneliness. Loneliness can hurt and affect many people, but why? It affects people because loneliness hurts. It can affect people emotionally and physically. It can cause people to feel lost, depressed, and unwanted. It can bring people down instead of bringing them up. Dreams are important. In the novella, Of Mice and Men, some characters had dreams. Dreams that…

boundaries and come out of the theater and walk home without somebody. In result he was jumped by the Socs who hurt him. If he had went with somebody he would have never gotten jumped and wouldn’t have been hurt. In Parents the boy has boundaries. “My parents kept me from children who were rough. Who threw words like stones and wore…