Rich Dad

Have you ever wondered what social class do you fall into? Do you consider yourself as rich or as poor? These characters are trying their best to make a decent living. Everyone knows the saying “If you try your best you’ll succeed” we heard it all the time from our parents when we don’t think that we can do it. This saying doesn’t seem to apply to the characters from the Cost of Living by Carlos Fuentes and the main character in Sweat by Jorge Amado. They are trying to do their best to make a…

Panting, I run toward the unmistakable sound of a cargo boat. Once I finally reached the shore my greatest wish came true, a boat finally came close enough to the island I marooned on two years ago when my plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. I was flying with my brother when we hit the water and I think I was the only survivor, I don’t know. The boat is about seven hundred feet of the shore. Relying on instinct I scream at the top of my screechy lungs, but soon find out that that won’t work…

Society has a knack for compartmentalizing everything, including perceptions of people. For example, All Asians are smart; all African Americans are all “hood”, and all white people are either rich or “redneck.” Often these stereotypes can have a negative effect SUCH AS racial tensions, but The major stereotype that affects most of modern relationships is the stereotypes between men and women. Women state that “they are always right”, and “All men act like children”, while men state that “Taking…

excellent mechanic and jack of all trades and master at none as they say, and my mother was a nurse that graduating from LPN school. Although people always needed my dad to work on their cars after he got off from the dealership where he worked, and my mother worked nights as a nurse at various nursing homes, we had plenty to eat, but never rich in any sense. I can…

reparation may be satisfying, but it will divide all Americans. Moreover Americans has been divided for centuries, and if Americans cry about what has been done to their dads or themself then we will never unity as one Americans. African American should not make the children of the cruel White Americans suffer, just because their dads acted inhumanly…

street from my house. Not to mention, so much homeless people in my area that just saddens me seeing them. My community opened my eyes to see that I have a choice to continue living in the same place or live four times better than now. However, my dad did taught me that I have to work for what I want and thats what Im doing. I’m pretty young and learned young. I’m just a teenager trying to balance school, work, community service hours, and family time. Of course, I can not get a well paying job…

It is 2032 and a guaranteed universal basic income has been in place for about 5 years now. My dad is a doctor and went through 2 medical residencies to get where he is now. He has been in school for as long as I can remember, working hard, studying so much my family barely saw him, he even had to work two jobs when he was in residency so that our family could live comfortably. 6 years ago, all of my dad’s dedication and hard work paid off. He opened his own practice! Back then, we all thought…

Everything had been going normally until Aeliana’s dad took her out of school, and then Mariana’s dad and Tiana’s dad also. It was especially surprising for Tiana’s dad to take her out of school because he was such an important public figure and the fact that their family was rich. He was walking along the path to the family farm when he saw Tiana visibly miserable while practicing on a loom near her house. “Salve, Tiana. What happened? Why did your dad take you out of school?” He said while…

The Great Gatsby is a story that was made in the 1920’s. The American Dream is a belief that anyone, regardless, class, gender, or nationality, can be stressful in America if they just work hard enough. The characters mainly focus on the rich and wealthy people, who has nice houses, and who has the most healthy relationship. More of the upper class characters in the story are the ones that have money, drive fancy cars, and have the big houses. Out of all the characters, Gatsby and Nick were…

Death is a part of life; we all have to experience it at some point in our life. Sometimes death tragically surprises a family unexpectedly, so they have to figure out how to get through it and move on. Sometimes a death in the family teaches us how to improve our life, and what we can do to try to change the world. Two years ago, my incredible pap Arnold passed away from cancer. My pap 's death changed my life forever because I learned several things, such as my mom is incredible, my phone will…